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Strike Success

The Rector, Professor Eric Ash, speaks to representatives of AUT

NALGO, ASTMS and ICU.

Wednesday's day of action

staged by The Association of ^

Universities Teachers (AUT)

and the National and Local

Government Officers

Association (NALGO) has been

described by Union officials as

'very successful'. Nationally,

fourty-four universities were

affected and public meetings

were held in town centres

throughout the country. At

Imperial College many students

stayed away from lectures in a

gesture of support for the strike,

which also had support from IC

Union, and the Rector Professor

Eric Ash.

T h e st r ike 's a im , as exp la i ne d in the F E L I X s t r ike S p e c i a l w a s to out l ine the A U T ' s c o n c e r n over s p e n d i n g cu ts , and N A I G O c la im for h igher wages .

J a n i c e Lew is , the b ranch secre ta ry of N A L G O was ' p l eased ' wi th the s t r ike 's p rog ress w h i c h a c h i e v e d 'va luab le na t iona l pub l ic i ty ' . M a n y s tuden ts d id not c r o s s the p icket l ines and a n u m b e r of de l ivery vans were tu rned away. In the P h y s i c s depar tment on ly 75 (out of 200) tu rned up for m o r n i n g lec tures .

A mo t ion c o n d e m n i n g the g o v e r n m e n t s po l i cy on s c i e n c e f und ing was l odged by four M P s on T u e s d a y in suppo r t of the S a v e Br i t i sh S c i e n c e c a m p a i g n . T h e c a m p a i g n , w h i c h is s u p p o r t e d by the R e c t o r E r i c A s h , and the fo rmer R e c t o r L o r d F l owe rs a i m s to in fo rm the pub l i c and po l i t i c i ans of the d a m a g e c a u s e d by r e d u c e d s p e n d i n g on S c i e n c e . S i n c e it inv i tat ion e ight w e e k s ago S B S has a t t rac ted 1500 m e m b e r s i nc l ud i n g V i c e C h a n c e l l o r s , Fe l l ow s of the R o y a l S o c i e t y and e ight N o b e l Laurea tes .

P r o f e s s o r A s h e x p l a i n e d the ef fects cu ts were hav ing at Imper ia l C o l l e g e . He to ld F E L I X that the c u t b a c k s of 15% by the Un ivers i t i es G ran t s C o u n c i l have 'made it d i f f icu l t for Imper ia l C o l l e g e to keep up with compe t i t i on ove rseas H e a lso po in ted out that the lack of m o n e y ava i lab le in the U K for

P r o f e s s o r A s h , s p e a k i n g at the p icke t l ine sa id that it was essen t ia l that Br i ta in s h o u l d have more S c i e n c e t eache rs of a h igher ca l ib re . H e felt low pay levels in the U K were e n c o u r a g i n g lec turers to work a b r o a d , and that there is a need to use the m e d i a to c h a n g e g o v e r n m e n t po l i cy . Ke i th J o s e p h was, he s a i d , we l l in ten t ioned but i l l - i n fo rmed . Mr A s h s u g g e s t e d that a 24 h o u r wo rk - i n s h o u l d be s t aged , by

research has lead to a 'b ra in dra in ' , a n d a d d e d that Imper ia l was e x p e r i e n c i n g greater d i f f icu l ty in f i l l ing vacan t cha i r s and a c a d e m i c pos ts as a result .

Du r i n g his visit to the p icke t l ines on W e d n e s d a y the R e c t o r a n n o u n c e d his in tent ion to dona te a days w a g e s to S B S .

A f o u n d i n g m e m b e r of the S B S c a m p a i g n P r o f e s s o r Den i s N o b l e w h o held the cha i r of P h y s i o l o g y at O x f o r d to ld F E L I X of h is c o n c e r n that ' du r ing the past 5 years the gap be tween the U K ' s research s p e n d i n g and that of its compe t i t o r s has i nc reasd by 30%'. H e went on to say Br i ta in benef i ts w o u l d if more of the m o n e y cur ren t l y be ing spent on de fence resea rch was a l l oca ted to c iv i l research and po in ted out the f i nd ings of the E d u c a t i o n Ar ts S c i e n c e C o m m i t t e e in 1985 w h i c h stated that C iv i l sp in offs f rom mi l i tary research were

s tudents . A m o n g s t o ther th ings this w o u l d c o m p r i s e ear ly m o r n i n g d i s c u s s i o n g r o u p s , a m idn igh t mea l , and a lec ture p resen ted by M r A s h on the last fifty years of Un ivers i t y e d u c a t i o n .

C o l i n D i x o n an A U T C o m m i t t e e m e m b e r to ld F E L I X that fur ther ac t i on was l ike ly in the fo rm of a o n e or two a n d a half day reg iona l s t r ike. H e went on to e x p r e s s his t h a n k s to IC U n i o n for l end ing its suppor t .

in f requent . He a d d e d 'Br i ta in is the on ly Wes te rn Na t i on to s p e n d more than 50% of its research f unds on de fence . '

S h o r t a g e of f u n d s at IC have a l s o led to the a b a n d o n i n g of impor tan t research work . T h e C o l l e g e was unab le to ga in a £130,000 grant f rom the S c i e n c e and E n g i n e e r i n g R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l for research into a b r a n c h of a tom ic p h y s i c s w h i c h has p rev ious l y p rov ided the bas is for a d v a n c e s in M i c r o e l ec t ron i c and lasers . T h e grant was requ i red for spec ia l i s t equ ipmen t , i n c l ud i n g a ' super magnet ' for an expe r imen t invo lv ing p a s s i n g a new type of laser t h rough a c l o u d of a toms. T h e work is now to be taken up by a G e r m a n research labora tory .

P resen t fo recas ts pred ic t that by 1990 J a p a n wil l have ten t imes as many sc ien t is ts as Br i t ian , a n d that Wes t G e r m a n y wi l l have four t imes the n u m b e r It is h o p e d by the S B S c a m p a i g n that, by b r i ng ing the p r o b l e m into the p u b l i c l ight, they c a n fo rce the G o v e r n m e n t to take ac t i on .

Science SOS

Free! Friday 17 January

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A U T Strike

T h e A U T S t r i ke on

W e d n e s d a y a p p e a r s to

have been an e n o r m o u s

s u c c e s s . It g a i n e d a la rge

amoun t of c o v e r a g e in the

na t iona l p ress . P r o f e s s o r

A s h is r ight w h e n he s a y s

that the genera l p u b l i c

must be aware of the

p r o b l e m s f ac i ng

un ivers i t ies . T h i s m e a n s

that t oday ' s protest mus t be

f o l l owed by s t r ikes , l obb ies

and sit ins. T h e gove rnmen t

must be made to see that it

needs to invest in

e d u c a t i o n . IC U n i o n ,

t rad i t iona l ly an apa the t i c

u n i o n , needs to be part of

these pro tes ts . If IC

s tuden ts protest the

g o v e r n m e n t may take

no t i ce . T h e r e is g o i n g to be

an e lec t i on in next three

yea rs a n d many un ivers i t ies

are in marg ina l sea ts .

Un ive rs i t i es have i n f l uence .

W e must s h o w the

gove rnmen t that we ' re

p repa red to use that

i n f l uence aga ins t t hem if

they don ' t start inves t ing in

e d u c a t i o n .

Nicaraguan Coffee

Studen t u n i o n se rv i ces are

mean' t to be se rv i ces run

by s tuden ts for s tudents .

T h i s m e a n s that if s tuden ts

feel s t rong ly abou t i ssues

l ike S o u t h A f r i c a and

N i c a r a g u a they s h o u l d be

ab le to c h a n g e their

supp l i e r s . It may not m a k e

c o m m e r c i a l sense but if

y o u want a c o m m e r c i a l

meal y o u go to

M a c D o n a l d s a n d buy a

burger . D a v e K i n g s t o n

s h o u l d not have o p p o s e d

the mot ion on co f fee at

T u e s d a y ' s U G M o n

c o m m e r c i a l g r o u n d s . A s a

sabba t i ca l you ' r e meant to

work for s tuden ts w h i c h

m e a n s y o u s h o u l d l isten to

the i r w i s h e s .

Christmas Tree

W e d i s c o v e r e d th is week

that ou r C h r i s t m a s tree was

taken by the c l e a n e r s w h o

d e c i d e d that it was t ime to

c lear up the o f f i ce after

C h r i s t m a s . W e w o u l d l ike

to a p p o l o g i s e to Bei t

Secu r i t y w h o apparen t l y

got in t roub le after last

te rms news story.

Credits

T h a n k s to B i l l G o o d w i n for

tak ing over as N e w s Ed i to r

at shor t no t ice , J Mar t in

T a y l o r a n d S u n n y B a i n s ,

Ma rk Hunter , R o s e m a r y

H o s k i n g , Dave J o n e s ,

R i c h a r d S m i t h , K a m a l a

S e n , J a n e S p e i g e l , R o b

D w y e r - J o n e s , C h r i s

S tap le ton , A a r o n Kotchef f ,

A n d y V i c k e r s , S a r a h K i rk ,

J o h n B u r g e s s , Ma rk Co t t l e ,

C h r i s E d w a r d s and

e v e r y o n e I've fo rgo t ten . A

s p e c i a l t hanks to J e l l y a n d

T o n y S p e n c e r and

eve ryone e lse w h o co l l a ted

late last week and to Dave

K i n g s t o n for he lp ing us out

wi th the pr in t ing . The re ' s a

staff mee t ing this F r iday .

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Now Opens at 5.30pm on Wednesdays

Happy hours Tuesday and Thursday

evenings between 6 and 8pm. Beer

50p/pint

Applications are invited for

WARDEN

sFree flat provided

Applications from IC Union

Office on a Standard

Application Form. Job

Description will also be

available. Forms to be

returned to Carl Burgess,

President ICU, no later than

,

The Post is only available for

couples

Dave Parry

Replies

Dear Mr B e c k ,

T h a n k y o u for y o u r letter

c o n c e r n i n g the rents for

s i ng l e r o o m s in Ham le t

G a r d e n s . T h e reasons for

the rev ised bi l ls are t wo

fo ld :

(a) H e a d T e n a n c y f lats

are rented on a 38 week

bas is a n d the bi l ls for the

year are usua l l y d i v ided

into A u t u m n T e r m a n d

C h r i s t m a s V a c a t i o n , Eas te r

T e r m a n d Eas te r V a c a t i o n

and A u t u m n T e r m gas and

e lec t r ic i ty , a n d S u m m e r

T e r m a n d Eas te r gas a n d

e lec t r ic i ty .

A t the b e g i n n i n g of term

I made the m is take of

a l l oca t i ng Hamle t G a r d e n s

on an 11 week bas is , ie to

the end of the A u t u m n

| T e r m . T h u s at a later date

| (end of November ) I

i a m m e n d e d the A u t u m n

T e r m bi l ls to i nc l ude the

| C h r i s t m a s V a c a t i o n .

(b) S o m e flats con ta in

s ing le rooms . Hamle t

G a r d e n s is a l l oca ted in two

b l o c k s (Flats 9-140 and

F la ts 201-220) . At the

b e g i n n i n g of term (when

a l l oca t i ng rooms) I was

on l y aware of 4 of these .

D u r i n g the first c o u p l e of

w e e k s s o m e peop le c a m e

in and to ld me they were in

s i ng l e s and I a l tered thei r

b i l ls . Du r i n g the term

va r ious at tempts were

m a d e to d i scove r w h o e lse

had s ing le r ooms . T h u s

w h e n D e c e m b e r c a m e

a long I felt that these bi l ls

needed sor t ing out be fo re

the e n d of term. T h u s I

se l ec ted peop le at r a n d o m

a n d sent them new bi l ls

a l ong wi th the cove r i ng

letter.

W h e n you r g r o u p s s i g n e d

up for the flat y o u en te red

into a con t rac t to pay a

cer ta in a m o u n t of rent per

week . W h e n the flat

o c c u p a n t s rece ived the i r

b i l ls it w o u l d have been

o b v i o u s to m a k e su re that

the week l y bil l w a s cor rec t .

A l s o , the peop le in d o u b l e

r o o m s sure ly w o u l d have

ra ised q u e s t i o n s as to w h y

they we re pay ing the s a m e

as t hose in s ing le r ooms .

I a p o l o g i s e for the

s e e m i n g lack of

c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d

apparen t interest f rom

mysel f ( charges w h i c h I

heart i ly deny) a n d the

t roub le w h i c h has been

c a u s e d by the re - i ssu ing of

b i l ls . S teps have now been

taken to improve the

c h e c k i n g of dates of stay

a n d rents c h a r g e d .

Yours sincerely.

Dave Parry

Student Services Finance

Assistant

2 Friday 17 January FELIX

Imperial Animals]

Sir ,

I wr i te rega rd ing the

o p i n i o n c o l u m n on H o n

P o r n night. W h i l e I am

re l ieved by D a v e P e a r c e ' s

a s s u r a n c e that he d o e s not

maltreat w o m e n , I do not

th ink his a r gum en t s s tand

up in any con tex t w ide r

than the R S M U n i o n of f ice,

for the f o l l ow ing r e a s o n s : —

Firs t ly , if the a u d i e n c e

mere ly en joy the thr i l l of

'wa tch ing s o m e t h i n g

soc ia l l y taboo ' , w h y d o e s

that s o m e t h i n g a lways have

to be p o r n o g r a p h y ? T h e r e

are many o ther s o c i a l

t aboos , as I a m su re

m e m b e r s of R S M can

test i fy.

S e c o n d l y , a l t h o u g h I

agree that sex is natura l , I

do feel that sex be tween a

p ig and a (human) w o m a n

must be an e x c e p t i o n to

the rule. Th i s , I am a s s u r e d

is part of the

'enter ta inment ' ava i lab le .

Th i rd l y L o n d o n ca te rs

adequa te l y for peop le

w i s h i n g to wa tch s t r ippers

and p o r n o g r a p h y , s o there

is no need for H o n P o r n

n ight to be he ld even o n c e

a year at Imper ia l C o l l e g e .

T o s u m up my o b j e c t i o n s

to H o n P o r n night , not on ly

is it d e g r a d i n g to both

pe r fo rmers a n d a u d i e n c e ,

but it is a lso uneo*6sary. A s a man at Imper ia l

C o l l e g e , I don ' t want to be

b r ande d an an ima l , an

imbec i l e or a sex is t , so

a l t hough I c a n app rec ia te

R S M ' s des i re to be

a u t o n o m o u s , they s h o u l d

a lso rea l ise the

respons ib i l i t i es they have

as part of Imper ia l C o l l e g e ,

and Imper ia l C o l l e g e

U n i o n . R e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s

w h i c h canno t be l ifted

mere ly by m o b i l i s i n g the

n o w - i n f a m o u s R S M B l o c k -

vote.

Yours

Pete Wilson

Computing 2

Morally Degrading

D e a r S i r ,

T h e s h a l l o w a n d of ten n o n

s e n s i c a l c o m m e n t a r y f rom

Dave P e a r c e of R S M U

' just i fy ing ' the R S M U

' R u g b y ' C l u b ' s H o n P o r n

N igh t is a fair ind ic tment of

the event in itself. M a y we

try to offer what w e be l ieve

to be reasonab le and

inte l l igent a rgumen t aga ins t

s u c h events .

F i rs t ly t rad i t ion is no

jus t i f i ca t ion for c o n t i n u i n g

to behave in a par t i cu la r

way. It is u n d o u b t e d l y t rue

that p o r n o g r a p h i c events ,

wh i ls t in t hemse l ves

b r i ng ing exc i temen t a n d

' thr i l ls ' to cer ta in sec t i ons

of the popu la t i on , are

mora l l y d e g r a d i n g .

Mr P e a r c e ' s con ten t i on

that the a u d i e n c e do not

w a t c h p o r n o g r a p h i c events

for sexua l p leasu re is, qu i te

f rank ly , na ive. W e f ind it

s u r p r i s i n g that, as an

inte l l igent pe r son (with A

levels as wel l ) , he regards it

s i m p l y as s o m e h i g h -

sp i r i ted b o y i s h

naugh t i ness . H is remarks

on s e x i s m , par t i cu la r ly

about the l inger ie indus t ry

in th is coun t r y , s h o w a

d e g r e e of

m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d

insens i t iv i ty that is

d i s tu rb ing .

' D o the a u d i e n c e c o m e

away fee l ing that w o m e n

are for sex on l y? ' , he asks

h imsel f . T h e con ten t a n d

d i rec t i on of p o r n o g r a p h i c

f i lms c lear l y present th is to

be a pr imary , if not so le

ro le of w o m e n in soc ie ty .

Th i s c a n be the on ly v iew

be it c o n s c i o u s or

s u b c o n s i o u s , o n e leaves

wi th after w a t c h i n g s u c h a

f i lm, and one , in ou r v iew,

w h i c h is as d e g r a d i n g to

men as it is to w o m e n .

T o present what was

n tended by G o d (as M r

P e a r c e tentat ively a r g u e s

a n d that we w o u l d

main ta in) to be a natura l

act be tween a man and

w o m a n in a c o m m i t e d

re la t ionsh ip (ie Mar r iage ) ,

as a pub l i c p e r f o r m a n c e

a n d fur ther, the por t raya l of

una tura l sex ac ts (whether

'just ac ted ' or real) is a

bet raya l of our se l f - respec t

a n d pe rve rs ion of h u m a n

d ign i ty .

It is sad that re lat ively

in te l l igent a n d s e n s i b l e

p e o p l e s h o u l d f ind the i r

exc i t emen t a n d thr i l ls in

sexua l fan tas ies or in

ge t t ing para ly t i ca l l y d runk ,

or whatever , re f lec t ing ,

su re ly , thei r low level of

e x p e c t a n c y of a fu l f i l led

a n d p roduc t i ve life. A s

C h r i s t i a n s we bel ieve that

J e s u s Ch r i s t c a m e to offer

the wo r l d l i fe—a life of

fu l«ess and pu rpose , J e s u s

s a i d , 'I have c o m e that they

may have life, a n d have it

to the fu l l ' ( John 10 v11);

a n d he laid d o w n his o w n

life that we might en joy this

life now.

Yours faithfully

Steven Burgess Civ Eng 3

Gaynor Whyles Life Sci 3

Sarah Kirk Bio Chem 2

Nick Gardner Civ Eng 2

FELIX

Minor Thinking

Wi i won t to go to an on po rns

nite by M C P M i n o r (aged 10

3/4)

it is i l leag le in th is cun t ry to

rape w i m m i n an so peep le

l ike me hav to go to str ip

s h o w s to werk off our

f r us t rashun . Evry w u n hoo

sez th is is sex is t must be a

lezb ian (but may i say i

dont ho ld any th ing aga ins t

the beout i fu l G r e e k i s land

of L e s b o s c o s of this)

i w o o d l ike to thank all

t hose peep le wot have

p r o m o t e d theez events in

the past espes ia l l y W I S T ,

a n d thank t hem for m a k i n g

me th ink wot a c h a n g e this

m a k e s f rom w a n k i n g in my

r o o m . F in i l y i wont to say

rsm is a largely ma le

ins t i tu t ion many of w h o s e

g radua tes d e p e n d on S o u t h

A f r i k a for jobs so weev got

better th ings to th ink about

than ic w i m m i n .

X

Coach Savings

Dear Ed i to r ,

I w o u l d l ike to b r ing to the at tent ion of c l u b and soc ie t y o f f ic ia ls , w h o are r e s p o n s i b l e for c o a c h

b o o k i n g s , that C a p i t a l

C o a c h e s L im i t e d hire

c h a r g e s for t r ips to

des t i na t i ons ou t s i de

L o n d o n are compara t i ve l y

expens i ve .

O f f i c i a l s c a n eas i l y save

not on l y IC U n i o n , but a l so

thei r m e m b e r s , a s ign i f i can t

s u m of m o n e y by h i r ing

f rom ano the r c o m p a n y .

Yours faithfully

Douglas Kelly

ACC Transport Officer.

Porn not

a'Preece'iated

Dear S i r ,

Last week we had an

exp lana t i on a n d

jus t i f i ca t ion of the R o y a l

S c h o o l of M i n e s H o n P o r n

n ight f rom the P res iden t

h imsel f .

M r P e a r c e be l ieves that

H o n P o r n is sex is t , but on l y

b e c a u s e it a p p e a l s ma in ly

to m e n , in the s a m e way

that w e a r i n g bras a p p e a l s

to w o m e n . Th i s is

r i d i cu lous , H o n P o r n s is

sex is t b e c a u s e it d e g r a d e s

a n d humi l i a tes men and

w o m e n po r t ray ing them as

ob jec ts to be used a n d

a b u s e d . Not so , says R S M ,

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Friday 17 January

in h is s e c o n d point , we are

to ld that the event is not

wfc d e g r a d i n g b e c a u s e the

V J a u d i e n c e do not w a t c h it

| m for sexua l p leasu re a n d

« b e c a u s e sex is a natura l

act . O f c o u r s e sex is a 1

4HP natura l act. but not that

J U w h i c h is por t rayed in H o n

s i P o r n n ight H a r d - c o r e

^0 p o r n o g r a p h y of the wors t

J k ind norma l l y s h o w n

i n c l u d i n g severa l ac ts

be tween w o m e n and

an ima ls , g a n g rapes, a n d

s c e n e s l i nk ing s e x u a l ac ts

wi th ex t reme v io l ence .

I f ind it ha rd to

unde rs tand why R S M U has

to p lace s u c h i m p o r t a n c e

o n th is event w h i c h has

been so harmfu l to our

C o l l e g e and our reputa t ion

as s tuden ts here, a n d

s h o w s any at tempt to

c r i t i c i se H o n P o r n is seen

as a d i rect assau l t o n the

R S M U itself as if it were the

cen t ra l event in the un ion ' s

l ife.

I a l so w o n d e r w h y M r

P e a r c e wan ts to f launt

be fo re the C o l l e g e the fact

that they 've he ld H o n P o r n

night w i thout a n y o n e

k n o w i n g abou t it. It is t hen ,

the thri l l of d o i n g

s o m e t h i n g soc ia l l y t aboo ,

as he men t i ons in his

ar t ic le a n d then te l l i ng

eve ryone h o w w i c k e d

you ' ve been . I'm sor ry , but

that a p p r o a c h is more

rem inescen t of s c h o o l

ch i l d ren hav ing a secre t

s m o k e beh ind the b ike

sheds , than a mature

at t i tude to r unn ing a

s tudents ' u n i o n . I h o p e that

Mr P e a r c e wi l l c o n t i n u e to

be o p e n m i n d e d in the

future so that w e c a n have

s e n s i b l e d i s c u s s i o n s o n th is

sub jec t that are not l im i ted

by the a s s u m p t i o n that ' the

s h o w must go on ' .

Yours faithfully

Roger Preece

Ashamed of IC

D e a r S i r ,

I f o u n d Dav id P e a r c e ' s

a r t i c le on H o n P o r n n ight

( F E L I X 725) very

pa t ron i s i ng a n d , I th ink,

de l ibera te ly naive. M r

P e a r c e infers that

manu fac tu re of bras and

H o n P o r n night are 'sex is t '

in the s a m e way , w h i c h

leads me to be l ieve that he

total ly m i s u n d e r s t a n d s the

i ssues . M a n u f a c t u r e of bras

is not d e g r a d i n g to men .

T h e event, by its very

nature, sub juga tes w o m e n ,

and s o to sugges t that to

w a t c h w o m e n as ob jec ts ,

m u c h l ike an ima ls in a z o o ,

is cons i s ten t wi th t reat ing

w o m e n as equa l human

beings is d o u b l e th ink of

the greatest p ropor t i ons .

Howeve r , most o f fens ive

of a l l , I t hough t , is the way

that M r P e a r c e ra ises the

'mora l ' ques t i on ,

s u g g e s t i n g , by imp l i ca t i ons ,

that peop le o p p o s e d to

H o n P o r n night are s o m e

sort of se l f - r i gh teous

pur is ts , w h o are aga ins t

th is 'natura l act ' . Indeed if

Mr P e a r c e th inks that H o n

P o r n n ight has any

c o n n e c t i o n wi th a natura l

act then I w o n d e r at what

s tage he d r o p p e d B i o l o g y

at s c h o o l ?

A s a ma le s tudent at IC I

am a s h a m e d to be

a s s o c i a t e d wi th peop le w h o

exp lo i t s u c h fa lse

r e a s o n i n g to suppo r t thei r

ac t i ons .

Yours faithfully

Mark Harman

Comp 2

A N N O U N C E M E N T

• S i l w o o d Park XI Footba l l team starved of decent oppos i t ion . Wil l play at Hyde Park or S i lwood . A n y team interested contact N Ba inb r idge th rough internal mai l : Reac to r Cent re , S i l w o o d or internal te lephone S i lwood 284

• T h e Four th Day of the Week M u s i c to gel your hair to on 999/301 M W 6-8pm every Saturday. L is ten to it.

• S k y d i v e IC para c lub is about to run a beginners course. Contac t A» M a c l e o d E E 3 for detai ls.

• B a r n D a n c e Visi t the G u i l d s Of f i ce for you r t icket only £2.00.

• G e t phys ica l ! D a n c e the night away at the Valent ines Barn Dance , 14 February.

• P r i n c e s s IDA by Gi lber t and Sul l ivan. Presented by O p s o c 18-22 February in the Un ion Conce r t Hal l . • T u e s d a y 6.00pm S C R Bei t W ine tast ing are out, once more, to tantal ise those taste buds, this week with white wines from Bordeaux . These inc lude Entre deux M e r s — C r i s p and dry, G r a v e s — r i c h and full bod ied and Sau te rnes—lusc ious , buxom and the Queen ' s favourite (also Robin 's ! ) . On ly at £3 for members and £4 non -members .

• D o you l ike wa tch ing f i lms? B e c o m e STOIC 'S f i lm reviewer and watch press showings free. If you are Interested c o m e and see us W e d af ternoons in the TV Stud io down the walkway or our Un ion R m in Un ion Bu i ld l ing .

• J a z z c l ub new year hop W e d 27 J a n 7.30pm. Free booze and D i s c o and C o l l e g e Bands , Duo, the Beat Bandi ts and the Char l i e B rown Tr io. £2.50 Tickets f rom J o h n Nob le C h e m E n g 2.

• T h e De La B e c h e C l u b presents an internat ional s y m p o s i u m 21 February 1986, in the Great Ha l l , Imperial Co l lege . Adm iss ion by t icket on ly Pr ice £1 . Con tac t C h a s Go ld r i ng G e o 3.

A C C O M M O D A T I O N

• S i n g l e room immediate ly avai lable in flat in Streatham. Rent £130 per month. No rent to pay until 14th February. Contac t Rufus Short , E lec E n g U G Pigeon holes. • L u x u r y flat to let twin bedroom, lounge, k i tchen, bathroom, storeroom. £70pw for entire premises or £35pw shared ono . Contac t J B ruce Phys i cs 3 or 240 9096 before 7pm or 242 4398 thereafter. • S i n g l e room, luxur ious flat for s ix, 20 mins from Co l l ege , H igh Street Kens ing ton £37pw inc H W / C H P h o n e 6038104 eve.

• M a l e postgraduate requ i red to share 2 person flat in Lexham Gardens , 10 mins walk f rom Co l l ege , own TV, use of phone. Ava i lab le f rom mid Feb rent £30pw. Con tac t R icha rd H o m a n C h e m Eng P ig Holes or 01 373 8399 (even).

F O R S A L E

• G r a p h i c Equa l i se r B lack S a n s u i S E 300, 7 bands per channe l . Unwan ted Chr i s tmas present, can demonst ra ted, £55 contact David C a m p d e n 01 736 5631 or v ia M e c h E n g Letter Rack .

• H i f i one year o ld Phi l l ips 25wpc A m p , Phi l l ips Do lby B / C tape Deck (with AP885) Sharp Tuner , A D C Turntable, K E F Speakers . Pr ices Negot iab le for total or separates. Con tac t P Mantovani E E 2. • T w o T icke ts for A C / D C Fr iday 17th J a n . £8.00 each . Contac t Tony B lack le r Internal 4517. • H o n d a 400N Eng ine plus carbs, exhaust and igni t ion system £150. With front end and brakes £180. C a n be tried before sale. Newish shocks (Gir l ing) for 250/400 Y a m a h a £15. New tank (boxed) for H o n d a C G 1 2 5 £30. Contac t G . P u r d o m C h e m E n g III.

W A N T E D

• C a r Share go ing L o n d o n — D u r h a m (will drop off eg Sheff ie ld) . Share petrol costs. Mark Hardman Work 01 278 2491 ext 243, H o m e 0442 53174.

P E R S O N A L

• N e w Wardens of Southwel l Beware. The gang of four are out to get you . • O n l y skydivers know why the birds s ing .

• A s Shakespeare once wrote: 'Out Vi le Je l l y '

• F r e e S o x . J o i n O d d s o c or f ind out how. C h o i c e of plain or k inky, and g low in the dark.

• W a t c h out for wilf He 's a real mean

guy.

• S O S is Scanda l on Steve not o n ? Watch this space .

• W a n t e d one female to share room

in T izard App l y R M 527.

•Pu f f t e r? Not acco rd ing to 416.

•Sub t l e t y A w a r d 1986—Mark D ixon C h e m 3

• V A M P I R Remova l s -Thanks for the choco la tes . Happy Chr i s tmas to you all Mo .

• M a r k - P l e a s e don't forget the Buddha -o r the Thai Wh iskey ! • F - K B lackma i l ca lendars -p lace your orders now.

• F o u n d in Bo t Z o o C o m m o n room. Light g rey /mauve jacket (anorak) unc la imed s ince Oc tober . Con tac t N ick G a rdne r Ext 9430 or C iv Eng 2 • S u p e r m a n cal l ing W O B B L Y B I T S : What are you?

• Y O G G I B E A R ca l l ing B O O B O O : Y o u eat more than the average bear!! • W a t c h out, the playing cards are after you .

• E v e r had the S$$T scared out of you by a pilot 's bad land ing? Why not let IC Pa ra c lub help y o u leave before it's too late. A Mac leod (EE) for detai ls.

• D o n ' t miss T i za rd Hal l 's re-run of 'The Water Bab ies ' starr ing T im and Babs .

•Va len t i nes day B a r n D a n c e is com ing your way soon . Wil l you be mine?

• E v e n 7 pairs of Br isto l 's couldn ' t put IC water po lo team off. • M a s s e u r requi red for treatment of spor t ing in jury—see D Wi l son C o m p u t i n g 3.

• W h a t does cha in , lock and Wetsuit arm have in c o m m o n ! Ask D Wi lson D o c 3.

• ' T o dip or not to dip-but whats the quest ion Harry Hamlet Palmer . • A d d inches! ! to your private parts!! with I C C . 'Its bri l l ' , says Miss Sat is f ied Member , 'Mine swel led and swel led and my bra just kept c o m i n g off.'

• ' W e l l mines sti l l sma l l ' Aun ty advises 'get a hair cut'. • O n e hundred and one uses of a dead Ch i l l i . Con tac t M P r i c kson , C h e m 3.

• P r i c k s o n — b e w a r e the knacker -

cracker ; S A E is not amused .

• J J run, run, shit, shit, s loppy

s loppy.

• M M keep your door locked .

•I want my E2 man—unrequ ie ted lover wait until you' re p issed then you' l l be mine.

• I C M C Exped i t ion meet ing. 'F insbury Park -or S tans if it's wet 86' Members wanted-must c l imb M o d S & B and Y H A accep ted .

• S & B Exped i t ion meet ing we're sti l l A rgu ing 83, 84, 85, 8 6 . B r o w n i e s accep ted .

• H a r l e y : You 've had my black t ights for over two months—please , p lease can I have them back, lots of love K. • M a s s a g e Par lour open ing on 61 landing top less masseurs £10 per half hour. P lease phone for an appointment .

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Electric Cell After 20 years of

c a m p a i g n i n g the E l e c E n g

depar tmen t is to get a

c o m m o n room. S t u d e n t s

ag reed to g ive up s o m e

locke r s p a c e so that the

g r o u n d f loor l o c k e r r o o m

c o u l d be ca rpe ted and

f u rn i shed . N o date has

been f ixed yet for an

of f ic ia l o p e n i n g but this is

e x p e c t e d to o c c u r after the

ins ta l la t ion of a co f fee

m a c h i n e , in ear ly Feb rua ry .

G u i l d s P res iden t R o g e r

P r e e c e , h imse l f an

e lec t r i ca l eng ineer , s a i d

that, unt i l now, there has

been no real mee t ing point

for s tuden ts in the

depar tment , apart f rom '3

cha i r s in the foyer ' . H e a d of

E l e c E n g P r o f e s s o r M a y n e

sa id the r o o m was a

' w e l c o m e add i t ion ' .

M r P r e e c e h o p e s this wi l l

be an incent ive to o ther

depa r tmen ts to p rov ide a

meet ing p lace for s tuden ts

Important

Engagement

U n i o n R e c e p t i o n i s t Ka thy

Tai t and R a g C h a i r m a n

J o h n Ingham were e n g a g e d

wh i ls t s p e n d i n g a mon th ' s

ho l i day in the B a h a m a s .

T h e y have no immed ia te

p lans , but expec t to mar ry

w h e n J o h n , at present in

the th i rd year of h is

C h e m i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g

c o u r s e , ga ins his degree .

Going

Underground P r o p o s a l s have been put

fo rward by C o l l e g e to m o v e

the F E L I X O f f i ce f rom its

present pos i t i on , at the

en t rance to Beit Q u a d , to

the k i t chen a rea beh ind the

U n i o n L o u n g e . T h e ext ra

s p a c e genera ted wi l l , if the

p r o p o s a l s are i m p l e m e n t e d ,

be used for o f f i ces a n d

s e m i n a r r o o m s by the

C o l l e g e . F E L I X Ed i t o r H u g h

S o u t h e y a n d U n i o n

P res iden t C a r l B u r g e s s wi l l

be d i s c u s s i n g the p r o p o s a l s

w i th C o l l e g e S e c r e t a r y

J o h n S m i t h today .

aM i d l a n d B a n k wi l l be d o n a t i n g c o m p u t e r s to the C o m p u t i n g Depa r tmen t for use by unde rg radua tes . It

has been repor ted that the

bank fee ls that the

g o v e r n m e n t is

unde r i nves t i ng e n o u g h in

un ivers i t ies .

Nicaragua

Appeal

T h e S o c i a l i s t S o c i e t y

c o l l e c t e d £10.76 for the

W o r l d Un ive rs i t y S e r v i c e at

T u e s d a y ' s U n i o n G e n e r a l

M e e t i n g . T h e W U S wi l l use

the m o n e y for the p u r c h a s e

of a t ruck w h i c h wi l l be

f i l led wi th e d u c a t i o n a l

mater ia ls , i n c l u d i n g

typewr i te rs , d u p l i c a t o r s a n d

m i c r o s c o p e s , for

un ivers i t ies in N i g a r a g u a .

S o c s o c wi l l be leav ing a

c o l l e c t i o n t in in the U n i o n

O f f i ce for any fur ther

dona t i ons .

I I*

mEeflBRflin J u d g i n g by the n u m b e r of

ent r ies we 've had I'm sure

you ' re al l just dy i ng to

k n o w the sou l t i on to

'E lec t r i c N igh tmare ' .

Admi t t ed l y it was a di f f icul t

p r o b l e m , but I was

d i s a p p o i n t e d that n o b o d y

even a t tempted a so lu t i on .

O h wel l , we saved

ou rse l ves f ive p o u n d s

anyway ! T h e ful l so lu t i on is

g iven be low.

Doors And Devils

M o s t peop le k n o w the o ld p r o b l e m where you ' re t ry ing to e s c a p e f r om H e l l , y o u c o m e to two doo rs , y o u k n o w that o n e leads to f r e e d o m , and that o n e leads to a f iery pit. O u t s i d e the d o o r s are two dev i ls , o n e w h o a l w a y s l ies a n d o n e w h o a lways tel ls the truth, but y o u don' t know w h i c h is w h i c h . B y a s k i n g o n e ques t i on on ly to one of the dev i ls , y o u have to f ind the cor rec t doo r to go th rough . T h e co r rec t q u e s t i o n to ask of e i ther devi l is: 'If I a s k e d the other devi l w h i c h was the cor rec t d o o r to go th rough , what w o u l d he s a y ? ' N o matter w h i c h devi l y o u ask , it wi l l i nd ica te the w r o n g doo r . Th ink abou t it!

N o w c o n s i d e r a s l igh t ly harder p r o b l e m . F i rs t ly there is on ly o n e devi l w h o not on ly might be a t ruth te l ler or liar, but may s o m e t i m e s lie and s o m e t i m e s tell the t ruth. S e c o n d l y there are more

than 2 d o o r s , 4 say, a n d

on l y one leads to escape . . .

Y o u may on ly ask o n e

q u e s t i o n a n d the devi l can

ind ica te o n e d o o r on ly .

A l s o the whole ques t i on

must app l y to the devi l (ie

y o u c a n n o t ask q u e s t i o n s

of the t ype 'If y o u are a l iar

a n s w e r th is way , but if y o u

are a truth te l ler a n s w e r

th is way. ' ) .

Wha t is the q u e s t i o n ?

T h e best entry submi t t ed

by 1:00pm T u e s d a y 28th

wi l l rece ive a £5 pr ize.

a d is t r ibu t ion of cur ren t

that is just the add i t i on of

the two prev ious cur ren t

d is t r ibu t ions . (The two

s o l u t i o n s are ' supe rposed ' ) .

We ' ve now essent ia l l y

so l ved the p r o b l e m .

C o n s i d e r a p p l y i n g a

vo l tage of +1V at any po in t

on the g r id . B e c a u s e the

gr id is exac t l y s y m m e t r i c

any cur ren t that f l ows mus t

have the s a m e va lue in all 4

d i rec t i ons (there c a n be no

pre fe red d i rec t ion) C a l l th is

cur ren t I.

-ti

, i

T h e vo l tage d i f fe rence is 2V

a n d thus the ef fect ive

res i s tance is > 2 ohm, a n d

that 's the answer .

i n

Electric nightmare-Solution

T h e p r p b l e m , if y o u

remember , was to f ind the

ef fect ive res i s tance a c r o s s

o n e res is tor of an inf ini te,

squa re , gr id of o n e - o h m

res is tors . T h e key to the

p r o b l e m is that O h m ' s law,

V= IR, is l inear (ie V is

p ropo r t i ona l to I). T h u s if V A

=UR, a n d V b = l b R then (V*

+Vb)=(U+lh)R, o b v i o u s ,

h e y ? A n y two s o l u t i o n s c a n

be a d d e d toge ther to fo rm

a th i rd so lu t i on (this is

k n o w n as ' l inear

s u p e r p o s i t i o n ' in the

techn i ca l l ingo, and c a n be

app l i ad to any l inear

equa t ion ) . T h i s m e a n s that

for a f ixed res is tor

network , if a p p l y i n g a

cer ta in vo l tage p r o d u c e s a

d is t r ibu t ion of cur ren ts , a n d

a p p l y i n g a dif ferent vo l tage

at a di f ferent p l ace

p r o d u c e s a s e c o n d

d is t r i bu t ion of cur ren ts ,

then app l y i n g both vo l tages

at the s a m e t ime p r o d u c e s

N o w take the ad jacent

po int a n d c o n s i d e r exac t l y

the oppos i t e s i tua t ion ie

app l y — 1 V and a cur ren t of

-I wi l l f low.

i r i

T h e s e are the two s o l u t i o n s that we ' s u p e r p o s e ' together . W h e n w e d o th is w e get the so lu t i on for a 2V vo l tage d i f f e rence app l i ed a c r o s s the o n e resistor .

tJ 21 I Jlv

I 4-

T h e cur ren ts in the

res is tor a d d to give 21.

L o o k i n g at the res is tor

a l o n e w e have 2V a c r o s s a

o n e - o h m res is i tor w h i c h

imp l ies 1=1 A . N o w l o o k i n g

at the w h o l e g r id , the total

cur ren t f l ow ing into a n d

ou t of the g r id is 4 I=4A.

Revolution

Last week we a s k e d y o u to

see h o w m a n y w o r d s y o u

c o u l d fo rm f rom the letters

of the w o r d 'Revo lu t i on ' .

W e used as our de f in i t ion

of a va l id w o r d any t h i n g

that a p p e a r s in the Shor te r

O x f o r d E n g l i s h D ic t i onary .

T h i s p r o d u c e d a p le thora o !

s t range w o r d s w h i c h we

have never heard of but,

su re e n o u g h , were in the

d i c t i ona ry . W e a lso had

severa l p e o p l e w h o had

used c o m p u t e r d i c t i ona r i es

to f ind their wo r ds . W e are

g l ad to say that n o n e of

these ent r ies w o n or even

c o u n t e d in the top few!

T h e entrant wi th the most

w o r d s c l a i m e d to have

f o u n d 314. W e had to

d isqua l i f y s o m e o ' these as

they were not w o r d s but

letters, p re f i xes , su f f i xes or

abb rev ia t i ons (eg. e, v, I O U ,

oo , eo) .

O f the 250 we c h e c k e d ,

s o m e were very we i rd .

E x a m p l e s i nc lude : vlei —

South . A f r i c a n word for a

h o l l o w in w h i c h rain

co l l e c t s ; levin — (f lash of)

l i gh ten ing ; hero l i —

essen t ia l o i l f rom f lowers of

bitter o r a n g e used in

per fumery .

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to Sa l l y

M c L e a n — p lease c o m e to

co l l ec t y o u r £5 pr ize f rom

the F E L I X O f f i ce after

M o n d a y l unch t ime .

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s a l so to

H u g h S t i l es for w i n n i n g £5

for the c ryp t i c c r o s s w o r d .

FELIX Friday 17 January

Whenever y o u c r i t i c i se the

s u p e r h e r o e s w h o m a k e up

the FELIX staff, y o u s h o u l d

keep in m ind that y o u a re

p r i v i leged to rece ive free

o n e of the best s tudent

m a g a z i n e s on the market . I

now feel ab le to m a k e th is

c l a im as I have had a look

at s o m e of the s o - c a l l e d

' compet i t i on ' .

Queen Mary College

Student Union have an

o rgan ca l l ed Cub. Last term

they was ted a th i rd of a

page rant ing about the loss

of thei r w re t c he d m a s c o t

M a r y w h i c h was s to len by

Imper ia l 's o w n Royal

College of Science (it

m a k e s y o u p r o u d , doesn ' t

it!). T h e y b e g g e d for

in fo rmat ion lead ing to the

a b d u c t i o n of e i ther the

R C S U m a s c o t T h e t a or the

I C U masco t M i k e , but s i n c e

The ta and M i k e are both

st i l l sa fe a n d s o u n d , we c a n

see that their c a m p a i g n has

been marve l l ous l y

u n s u c e s s f u l . M i n d y o u ,

what c a n y o u expac t f rom

QMCI I

Y o u might th ink that the

Royal College of Art w o u l d

be ab le to p r o d u c e a wel l

d e s i g n e d , we l l la id out, a n d

ar t is t ic pub l i ca t i on , even if

on a s h o e s t r i n g budget .

Dodo Express, the new

R C A S U m a g a z i n e not on l y

d i spe ls the myth that ar t is ts

have any imag ina t i on or

s ty le, but a l so has the

d u b i o u s d i s t i nc t ion of

m a k i n g Guildsheet look l ike

the Financial Times. T h e

lousy i l lus t ra t ions, bo r i ng

layout , a n d infant i le

mater ia l sugges t to me that

the Dodo Express staff

s p e n d too m u c h t ime

pa in t ing nude m o d e l s , a n d

real ly need to get their

teeth into a g o o d p r o b l e m

sheet . Of c o u r s e the

m a g a z i n e was pr in ted on

t rendy r ecy c l e d paper , a n d

I s u p p o s e that 's what

c o u n t s ! ?

University College is the

b igges t c o l l e g e in L o n d o n

Un ivers i ty . I f ind it s t range

then , that Pi is so bad ly

p r o d u c e d . In a feature they

d id on s tudent m a g a z i n e s ,

they c l a i m e d that they were

the on ly s tudent n e w s p a p e r

in L o n d o n that c a m e out

every week — this, as every

FELIX reader k n o w s , is an

unt ru th , a l ie, a n d c o u l d

a lmos t be d e s c r i b e d as

l ibe l lous . T h e y a l so sa id

that they were o n e of the

few s tudent m a g a z i n e s to

be p r o d u c e d in ternal ly a n d

p r o c e e d e d to use th is as an

e x c u s e for the fact that PI

is so unat t ract ive to look at.

FELIX is in terna l ly

p r o d u c e d , a n d it l ooks

g o o d , a n d ou r n e w s is u p

to date. In thei r ' feature' , PI

p layed the dir ty t r ick of

us i ng our mas thead in thei r

ar t ic le w i thou t ac tua l l y

s a y i n g any th ing abou t our

paper , thus tar r ing us wi th

the s a m e b rush as the

o ther papers w i thou t

s l a g g i n g us off over t ly

( because they k n o w that PI

wou ldn ' t have a leg to

s tand o n if t hey t r ied to

s l ag us off). T o be blunt ,

PI, t h o u g h it has alot of

g o o d po in ts , has a very

u n p r o f e s s i o n a l look abou t

it: the layout is c h i l d i s h a n d

s l i p s h o d and it's use of the

E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e is not

impress i ve ( cons ide r i ng

that they have an E n g l i s h

depar tment ) . PI has great

po ten t ia l , but on l y if the

staff s top be ing s o b l o o d y

c o m p l a c e n t ! !

London Sudent, the n e w s p a p e r of the University

of London Union is the o n l y p u b l i c a t i o n b e s i d e s FELIX w h i c h I C U g ives out . For tuna te ly , I canno t f ind it in my heart to say any t h i n g nasty abou t th is newspaper . It is too bo r i ng for wo rds . What c a n be more b o r i n g , fo r i ns tance , than hav ing T o n y S p e n c e r , I C U ' s Rag Mag edi tor , on the front cover ! Hope fu l l y , London Student wi l l d i s a p p e a r into ob l i v i on , thus sav ing the ed i to rs the e m b a r a s s m e n t of be ing a s s o c i a t e d wi th the least read a n d least in te res t ing n e w s p a p e r in L o n d o n .

National Student, on the o ther h a n d , is a great l augh . (It b e l o n g s to the Na t iona l U n i o n of S t u d e n t s to w h i c h , as y o u may know, we have re fused to pay lots of m o n e y to join.) Wh i l e t ry ing to imitate posy m a g a z i n e s l ike The Face it s u c c e e d s on l y in l o o k i n g l ike a poor relat ive, a mere s h a d o w of the real th ing . IC s tuden ts are ac tua l l y e x p e c t e d to pay for the oppo r tun i t y to fill in a ques t i onna i r e wi th q u e s t i o n s a l o n g the l i nes of 'what do y o u th ink is the M o s t Fab T h i n g or P e r s o n in the w h o l e wor ld ' . I w o u l d

s u g g e s t that th is p u b l i c a t i o n be a v o i d e d — if y o u want to buy a posy m a g a z i n e buy The Face,

Cosmopolitan, or Avant

Garde... at least they have the i r own s ty le (so I'm to ld) .

O f al l the s tudent papers I l o o k e d at, the Birmingham

Sun was the most f asc ina t i ng . In three s u b s e q u e n t i ssues they had three di f ferent ed i to rs : a rac is t B a n g l a d e s h i ; a lefty l esb ian (she a p p o i n t e d o n e pe rso n for news a n d features together , but two w o m e n ' s ed i to rs ) ; a n d the mys te r i ous C o l i n R e e d w h o didn' t even m a n a g e to p r o d u c e a ful l i ssue. The i r s ty les d i f fered as m u c h as thei r staff d id (you c a n see f r om the c red i ts w h o w a s w h o ' s f r iend) and the sheer b i t ch i ness w h i c h must have r idd led their o f f ice mus t have been a joy to beho ld . . . the kn i ves were cer ta in ly be ing s h a r p e n e d at A s t o n .

A n y w a y , back to IC g o i n g s on next week. . . if y o u p r o d u c e the g o o d s . I want lots of b a c k b i t i n g , b i t ch ing , a n d genera l nas t iness . P l e a s e .

We l l , lots of love k ids. . . a n d remember : FELIX is too g o o d to r isk.

by Felicity the

Catty

FELIX

Computers That

Can Taste And

Smell

S c i e n c e E d i t o r , D e b b i e W i l k e s l o o k s a t

t h e r e s e a r c h i n t o g i v i n g c o m p u t e r s t h e

p o w e r t o d e t e c t c h e m i c a l s .

E l e c t r o c h e m i c a l s e n s o r s

look set to revo lu t ion ize

many a s p e c t s of indus t ry ,

med i c i ne , a n d agr icu l tu re .

T h e s e n s o r s now be ing

d e v e l o p e d have the abi l i ty

to detect a s p e c i f i c

c h e m i c a l s p e c i e s in a

mixture, a n d to m e a s u r e its

c o n c e n t r a t i o n s in real t ime

and real s p a c e and wi l l g ive

m a n y di f ferent sc ien t i s ts a

more p rec i se ins ight into

the s y s t e m s they work wi th.

He re at Imper ia l C o l l e g e a

great deal of research is

be ing d i rec ted to the

deve lopmen t of new

e l e c t r o c h e m i c a l s e n s o r s . In

the C h e m i s t r y Depar tmen t ,

P r o f e s s o r J o h n A l b e r y ' s

g r o u p are w o r k i n g on a

n u m b e r of new s e n s o r s that

are d e s i g n e d to meet

s p e c i f i c n e e d s in m e d i c i n e ,

agr icu l tu re , indus t ry a n d

even the po l i ce fo rce . Wh i le

in the B i o t e c h n o l o g y

C e n t r e D r T o n y C a s s ' s

g r o u p s p e c i a l i s e s in

b i o s e n s o r s , w h i c h m a k e

use of the ca ta ly t ic act iv i ty

a n d spec i f i c i t y of e n z y m e s .

E l e c t r o c h e m i c a l s e n s o r s

are so va luab le b e c a u s e

they prov ide the most

d i rec t m e t h o d of

t r a n s d u c i n g the

Professor Albery's Research Group

c o n c e n t r a t i o n of a s p e c i e s

into an e lec t r i ca l s i gna l .

The i r ac t i on is real ly m a d e

of two par ts : the se lec t i ve

r ecogn i t i on of the s p e c i e s ,

a n d the p r o d u c t i o n of a

s i gna l re lated to that

c o n c e n t r a t i o n .

S p e c i f i c r ecogn i t i on is by

no m e a n s easy to ach ieve ,

a n d va r ious m e t h o d s c a n

be used d e p e n d i n g on the

target s 'pecies. T h e most

w i d e s p r e a d t e c h n i q u e

invo lves se lec t ive b ind ing

of the s p e c i e s . Howeve r ,

th is requ i res a g o o d

c h e m i c a l fit be tween the

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target s p e c i e s and receptor .

Wh i l e th is c a n be ach ieved

for s o m e ions , w h e n more

c o m p l e x s h a p e s of target

m o l e c u l e are invo lved , then

there are s ign i f i can t

d i f f i cu l t ies wi th d e s i g n and

p r o d u c t i o n of recep to r

s t ruc tu res of the r ight type.

Howeve r , by m a k i n g use of

natura l ly o c c u r r i n g s p e c i f i c

r e c o g n i t i o n , in par t i cu la r

e n z y m e s , sc ien t i s ts have

been ab le to deve lop h igh ly

se lec t i ve new s e n s o r s .

T h e s e s e n s o r s , f o r m e d

f rom the c o u p l i n g of

natura l m o l e c u l a r

r e c o g n i t i o n wi th ar t i f ic ia l

t r a n s d u c t i o n , are ca l led

b i o s e n s o r s a n d are p rov ing

par t i cu la r l y potent w h e n

app l i ed to b i o t e c h n o l o g i c a l

p r o c e s s e s , c l i n i ca l

m e d i c i n e a n d agr icu l tu re .

A n impor tan t aspec t of

the use of e l e c t r o c h e m i c a l

s e n s o r s is that they a l l ow

de tec t i on of a s p e c i e s

w i thou t the need for

sepa ra t i on , s o m a k i n g

c o n t i n u o u s mon i t o r i ng

p o s s i b l e . C l i n i c a l l y the fact

that they c a n be used for

rap id in v ivo ana l ys i s is a

major s tep fo rward . T h e y

are a lso robust , easy for

un t ra ined staff to use, a n d

an e c o n o m i c a l l y v iab le

a l ternat ive to ex is t i ng

ana ly t i ca l me thods , w h i c h

of ten invo lve leng thy

labora to ry ana l ys i s .

H y d r o p o n i c s is a

t e c h n i q u e w h i c h is be ing

i nc reas ing l y used to g row a

w ide var iety of c rops . Fo r

e x a m p l e , g lass h o u s e c r o p s

s u c h as t oma toes a n d

le t tuce can be g r o w n us ing

the nutr ient f i lm t echn ique .

By m a k i n g use of

e l e c t r o c h e m i c a l s e n s o r s ,

P r o f e s s o r J o h n A l b e r y a n d

Dr Ba r r y Hagge t t have

been ab le to deve lop an

au toma t i c nutr ient f i lm

ana lyse r .

Wi th the nutr ient f i lm

t e c h n i q u e the so i l is

Continued on page 10


I Oh Christ! ' Ch r i s t i an s n e e d G o d

b e c a u s e of insecur i ty ' ,

' i r rat ional supers t i t i ons ' ,

' hypocr i tes ' , they be l ieve in

a G o d of v e n g e n c e ' , 'Can ' t

th ink for t hemse lves ' . T h e s e

are s o m e of the m a n y

c r i t i c i sms of ch r i s t ians .

T h e y are true, o n e or o ther

of these a c c u s a t i o n s

app l i es to d i f ferent

Ch r i s t i ans , but not just

Ch r i s t i ans , but eve rybody .

M o s t p e o p l e don ' t act in

the way they say and a lot

of p e o p l e don ' t th ink for

t hemse lves . It is wel l k n o w n

that m a n y p e o p l e fo l l ow the

c r o w d . S o m e t i m e s , wi th

Chr is t ian i ty it is easy to fal l

in to the t rap of just

f o l l ow ing what v i ca r s a y s

but th is is b e c a u s e

ch r i s t i ans are h u m a n and

suf fer f rom the s a m e faul ts

as o ther peop le .

'No Tommy, it is NOT an early

form of pocket calculator...'

Christianity is...

Chr i s t i an i t y is f undamen ta l l y based on just o n e c o m m a n d m e n t w h i c h is e x p r e s s e d in two

w a y s : 1) Lov e G o d

2) Love y o u r n e i g h b o u r

T h i s is the bas is for all

the C h r i s t i a n c h u r c h ' s

t e a c h i n g . Adm i t t ed l y , of ten

the w r o n g i m p r e s s i o n is

g i ven , it is easy to th ink

that G o d is a ru th less

t askmas te r ready to z a p h is

fo l l owers . T h e r e are m a n y

p h i l o s o p h i c a l a r g u m e n t s

abou t the ex i s t ence of a

l ov ing G o d , but t hese are

on l y a ids to be l ie f—bel ie f

c o m e s f rom e x p e r i e n c e . I

be l ieve the 49 bus g o e s to

S h e p h e r d s B u s h

G r e e n — b e c a u s e I've t r ied

it. F e w peop le s tay w i th in

Ch r i s t i an i t y un less at

s o m e s point they

e x p e r i e n c e s o m e t h i n g

w h i c h m a k e s t hem stay

t h r o u g h o u t doub t . It w o u l d

be easy to sh rug th is off

by, 'I've never e x p e r i e n c e d

G o d — s o I needn ' t bother ' .

H o w e v e r , that isn't

f a i r — Y o u wi l l never k n o w

w h e r e the 49 bus g o e s

un less y o u try it.

C h r i s t i a n doc t r i nes are

no more i nc red ib le than

s o m e of the th ings the

lec turers tell us, a n d yet

lec ture no tes are of ten

t reated as in fa l l ib le

d o c u m e n t s . Is what they

tel l us in l ec tu res a t rue

e x p r e s s i o n of real i ty o r is it

just thei r pe rsona l v i ew?

Chr i s t i an i t y is s o m e t i m e s

c o n s i d e r e d to be as

supers t i t i ous

w a f f l e — c o n s i d e r i n g s o

many p e o p l e s (past a n d

present) have f o l l o w e d

these c razy m o t i o n s they

can' t be that s i l ly .

Rules, rules, rules!

C h r i s t i a n s are not

m ind less m o r o n s w h o

ens lave t hemse l ves to a set

of ru les a n d c o d e s b e c a u s e

they can' t th ink for

Philosophy

El i , E l i , L e m e s a b a c h l t h a n i ? ' (My G o d , my G o d , w h y hast thou fo rsaken me?) T h e s e w o r d s of the dy i ng Ch r i s t are a potent e x p r e s s i o n of h u m a n fear and a n g u i s h in the face of death . A t the low po in ts in ou r o w n l ives we feel lonely , depayse ' , i n c o m p l e t e a n d long for r econc i l i a t i on wi th ano the r total ly s ympa the t i c p e r s o n , we want ou r l ives to m a k e s e n s e , to be an e x p r e s s i o n of s o m e t h i n g t r anscenden t a n d not mere ly sel f -

suf f ic ient . B l a i s e P a s c a l r em ind s me that the va lue of al l my other l o n g i n g s l ies in the i r re f lec t ion of th is o n e o b s e s s i v e des i re for s o m e t h i n g to c o m p l e t e us. Bu t we are l iv ing in an a g e w h i c h f inds it hard to m a k e an act of fai th and to reach an a w a r e n e s s of the per fect Other . Tha t is not to say that peop le do not feel the p r e s e n c e of G o d . T h e y do , but they are i l l -p repared to r e s p o n d to t hese p romp t i ngs .

T h e p r o b l e m is that we have been d r e s s i n g G o d up in c l o thes w h i c h do not fit. M o d e r n s c e p t i c i s m has e x p o s e d the i n a d e q u a c y of

t hemse l ves . O n e of the p r o m i s e s that J e s u s m a d e to his d i s c i p l e s is that he c a m e to set peop le free. L a c k of ru les is not f r eedom—tha t ' s ana rchy , and w h o is free w h e n fear re igns . D o not murder , rape(etc) are al l ru les but w i thout t hem ou r soc ie t y w o u l d c r u m b l e . I am not s a y i n g laws are n e c e s s a r y to e n s u r e p e a c e . I a m not be ing f o r ced to keep any re l i g ious ru les—there is no wa tch fu l eye ready to z a p me if I d e c i d e to rob a bank or j u m p into bed wi th a g i r l / b l oke at every oppor tun i t y .

I o b s e r v e ru les b e c a u s e there are s o m e ac t i ons that I be l ieve are not for my o w n hea l th of sou l a n d h a p p i n e s s . I f ree ly d e c i d e to o b e y or not to o b e y — w e l l not qu i te f reely. I st i l l do th ings that I w i sh I d idn' t , usua l l y b e c a u s e I felt l ike it. But to say 'I just felt l ike it' is real ly a c o p -out. Wha t I mean is; a part of my s u b - c o n s c i o u s sti l l d ic ta tes what I do . I am not fu l ly f ree to do what I c h o o s e .

M o s t p e o p l e a d m i r e B i s h o p T u t u , Rev Mar t in Lu the r K i n g a n d M o t h e r T h e r e s e b e c a u s e of what they have d o n e — t h i n g s w h i c h most peop le c o u l d d o , but don ' t . I d o u b t I c o u l d g ive up every th ing to speak for a minor i ty or he lp the p o o r b e c a u s e I a m not ' free'. Ch r i s t i an i t y has h e l p e d me a n d m a n y o thers to be freer, to d o wha t ever I c h o o s e . Tha t is part of what J e s u s meant w h e n he s a i d that he h a d c o m e to set man free.

A d m i t t e d l y part of C h r i s t i a n s ' bad reputa t ion is due to that s o m e w e l l -m e a n i n g c h u r c h men have f o r m a l i s e d p rec i se l y wha t i s the best way to act, cu t t ing out h u m a n ind iv idua l i ty . T h i s is a faul t of the i rs , not of Chr i s t i an i t y .

What's your God?

E v e r y o n e has a mix ture of many s u b c o n s c i o u s a n d c o n s c i o u s g o a l s . E v e r y o n e has a set of ru les by w h i c h they act—if they d idn ' t they w o u l d never do any t h i ng . T h e s e g u i d e l i n e s wi l l d e p e n d on what a p e r s o n s goa l s are. Ef fect ive ly , e v e r y o n e has the i r o w n re l ig ion and w o r s h i p s va r ious g o d s s u c h as ; m o n e y , a g o o d job , recogn i t i on . . . .The ques t i on is; what 's y o u r s !

Overview of feature

T h e s e f ive ar t ic les say litt le about the mul t i tude of d o c t r i n e s a n d t h e o l o g y c o n n e c t e d wi th Chr i s t i an i t y . N o t h i n g in these ar t i c les w o u l d conver t a n y o n e — t h a t is not the p u r p o s e . T h i s feature is an at tempt to a n s w e r 'What m a k e s a C h r i s t i a n t ick ' . T h e c o m m a n d m e n t to love G o d imp l ies re la t ionsh ip , p o s s i b l e b e c a u s e (we-bel ieve) th is t r a n s c e n d a n t be ing b e c a m e s o m e o n e l ike us.

If y o u ask severa l p e o p l e what a cer ta in pe r son they all know is l ike, be tween t h e m they c o u l d g ive y o u a fair ly c o m p l e t e p ic tu re of that p e r s o n . If y o u ask just o n e , the p ic tu re wi l l be d o d g y . T h e s a m e app l i es here, 4 p e o p l e f rom very di f ferent b a c k g r o u n d s g ive an a c c o u n t of what is a C h r i s t i a n . T h i s way there is a r e a s o n a b l e answer . Mark Alderton

Elec Eng 3

i pzoFo&e that we

IN W WO?& THAT we w\n ^cive ouiz

our t rad i t iona l images of G o d : the g o o e y nat iv i ty s c e n e wi th a baby ly ing in a m a n g e r or that benevo len t o ld gent wi th a s n o w - w h i t e beard . . G o d is m u c h greater than that . E a c h of the four g o s p e l s s e e s the l i fe of C h r i s t f rom a di f ferent pe rspec t i ve . E a c h of the four evange l i s t (b ib le g o s p e l wr i ters) has on l y a part ia l p i c tu re but out of the w h o l e a r ich m o s a i c emerges .

But be fo re w e c a n know G o d w e must c o m e to k n o w ou rse l ves . O n e c r i t i c i sm w h i c h c a n be leve l led at m o d e r n s c i e n c e is that it t r ies to exp la in

h u m a n be ings in s t ra igh t fo rward p h y s i c a l te rms as c o m p l e x b u n d l e s of matter. Bu t we are not r e d u c i b l e to e lec t rons , c h e m i c a l s , p s y c h o l o g i c a l s tates or soc i a l ro les. Tha t is on l y hal f the s to ry b e c a u s e we are a lso un ique p e r s o n s w h o g r o w t h r o u g h re la t i onsh ips w i th o thers . A d e l b e r t St i f le r s u g g e s t e d that if we though t of every p e r s o n as a p r e c i o u s g e m s tone to be t reasu red we w o u l d c o m e to respec t thei r d ign i ty .

Is it that s o m e p e o p l e canno t be l ieve or that they s i m p l y reject o u r rep resen ta t i ons of G o d ?

Friday 17 January FELIX

To Be A

Christian...

T h e wo r l d is i nc red ib l y c o n f u s i n g . S o m a n y ideas , po l i t i ca l , human i t a r i an , sc ien t i f i c or re l ig ious are band ie d a r o u n d , e a c h o f fe r ing s o m e sort of ideal for l ife, that it c a n be very d i f f icul t to f igure out w h i c h , if any of t hem, s h o u l d get ou r a t tent ion. A d d to th is c o n f u s i o n the p ressu res of a c a d e m i c work , s o c i a l act iv i ty, t hen , (later on in l ife, m a k i n g a ca ree r a n d s u p p o r t i n g a fami ly a n d y o u might th ink it qu i te a r easonab le to say 'I haven' t got t ime for G o d ' . Apar t f rom that m a n y p e o p l e say that they are not the ' re l ig ious sort ' , (If s u c h a pe r so n ex is ts I w h i c h very m u c h doubt ) p robab l y m e a n i n g that thei r c o n c e p t i o n of the average c h u r c h - g o e r is so unat t ract ive as to be a deterrent to any fur ther inves t iga t ion of the re levance and truth of G o d .

T h e 'I haven' t got t ime for G o d ' s y n d r o m e is a d i sease . If J e s u s real ly was the S o n of G o d ; if he real ly d o e s m a k e c l a i m s on ou r l ives that need to be a n s w e r e d , then it is inf in i te ly m o r e impor tan t to take the t roub le to se r i ous l y invest igate Chr is t ian i ty , than to g o ' t o two par t ies th is week rather than one . A s for the ' re l ig ious sort ' , d o e s J e s u s fit the b i l l? W a s he wet,

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ef feminate , eas i l y i n f l u e n c e d , in need of a c r u t c h , o n e for re l i g ious n ice t ies . . . .?

W h e n I was s i x teen , I re jec ted what I had been taught at s c h o o l , and by my parents about G o d . I f o u n d I had no e v i d e n c e for my bel ief , a n d wi th no f o u n d a t i o n it c r u m b l e d u n d e r tes t ing . S o I s tar ted to look for r eason s to be l ieve. A s I l o o k e d I met p e o p l e w h o had d o n e the s a m e th ing and w h o s e l ives had c h a n g e d on f i nd ing G o d . Wh i l e I s e a r c h e d for G o d , J e s u s r e a c h e d out for me, unt i l after a pe r i od of t ime I knew that I be l ieved that J e s u s was the S o n of G o d a n d h a d real ly c o m e to he lp al l of us. S o I d e c i d e d to fo l l ow h is t e a c h i n g and c o m m i t my l i fe to H i m . I d id not have proof in the ma thema t i ca l s e n s e , rather su f f ic ien t e v i d e n c e to take a s tep of fa i th. Fa i th is not m u c h m o r e than ac t ing on r e a s o n a b l e ev idence . A first t ime jet p a s s e n g e r may be i nc red ib l y uncer ta in be fo re f l y ing desp i te a m p l e e v i d e n c e that the p lane is very un l i ke l y to c r a s h . H o w e v e r , after a s u c c e s s f u l f irst f l ight, he p r o b a b l y has more faith in p l anes a n d may be w i l l i ng to go on a s l igh t l y l onge r j ou rney . A l l of us e x e r c i s e fai th in s o m e w a y every day .

M y faith in G o d m e a n s severa l th ings . First of all I k n o w G o d loves me pe rsona l l y desp i te my apparen t i n s i g n i f i c a n c e a n d b e c a u s e of h is inf in i te p o w e r a n d per fect nature. I e x p e r i e n c e that love every day in an inner p e a c e in my heart a n d t h r o u g h a n s w e r e d prayer . B e f o r e c o m i n g to un ivers i ty I spen t e ight m o n t h s w o r k n g o u t s i d e of E u r o p e in a sma l l t own , in the m idd le of what s e e m e d l ike no -whe re . Eve ry th ing went w r o n g that c o u l d have , yet , s o m e h o w , b e c a u s e G o d a n s w e r e d my p rayers , I su rv i ved and eventua l l y o v e r c a m e the p r o b l e m s . S e c o n d l y , it m e a n s that b e c a u s e J e s u s C h r i s t d i ed s o m e h o w tak ing on h imsel f al l the p u n i s h m e n t for al l the s ins I have ever c o m m i t t e d or wi l l c o m m i t , that I w i l l be wi th h im after dea th . T h i r d l y it m e a n s that t h rough the H o l y Spi r i t I'm not on my o w n t ry ing to do wha t is r ight, but H e g ives me ins ight into what is g o o d a n d what is not, a n d p o w e r to do what is r ight.

T h r o u g h G o d there is p u r p o s e , p e a c e , h o p e a n d eterna l l ife. I be l ieve that he g ives a f r e e d o m a n d joy in l i fe that c a n c o m e f rom no o ther s o u r c e .

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M a n y of ou r ideas abou t G o d are fuzzy to so w e c a n n o t a f ford to sit b a c k o n ou r laure ls . In o rder to a c q u i r e a better u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the mys te r ies of l i fe w e n e e d to f ind t hem, to abs t rac t ou r se l ves f rom the d e m a n d s of da i ly life and d e v e l o p an inner quiet . • Tha t a l one is a s tep fo rward . O n the o ther h a n d , ange r is a very g o o d r e s p o n s e . A s in pe rsona l re la t ions, ange r is that o ther f ace of love and w h e r e it ex is ts there is h o p e of eventua l r econc i l a t i on . It is ind i f fe rence w h i c h c l o s e s the m i n d .

G o d s p e a k s to us in di f ferent w a y s . Pe rsona l l y , I feel c l oses t to h im w h e n I a m e n j o y i n g the arts; r ead ing a beaut i fu l p o e m , g a z i n g at an e n c h a n t i n g pa in t ing or l i s ten ing to m u s i c . It is then that I e x p e r i e n c e m o m e n t s of c o h e r e n c e , f lee t ing but very real a n d ful l of joy. It is the spl i t s e c o n d before s u c h a m o m e n t that is c a p t u r e d by M i c h e l a n g e l o ' s f inger of G o d about to an ih i la te a l is t less A d a m . M a n y peop le tend to be s u s p i c i o u s of any k ind of re l ig ious e x p e r i e n c e , d i s m i s s i n g it as mere a u t o - s u g g e s t i o n . Bu t H e c o u l d deny that w e are all made to l ong for

s o m e t h i n g or s o m e o n e

c a p a b l e of a n s w e r i n g ou r

inner needs . C S Lew i s

pe rce i ved the va lue of th is

c rav ing w h e n he s a i d , ' O u r

best hav ings are wan t i ngs .

S o m e w h e r e d e e p w i th in

o u r hear ts l ies a very

pe rsona l s e a r c h for G o d

w h i c h keeps b reak ing

t h r o u g h .

S u s a n C o n n o l l y

A Liberal View

T h e d i s t i n g u i s h i n g

feature of l ibera l t h e o l o g y

is it's re l i ance on the p o w e r

of r e a s o n . I be l ieve that al l

o p i n i o n s are wor th ta lk ing

out, even t hose of D o n

Cup i t t , w h o might be l ieve

in G o d but might not.

R e a s o n ough t to rap id ly

sor t out the g o o d ideas

f rom the bad ones .

J u s t b e c a u s e l ibera ls rely

o n reason d o e s not m e a n

they are ra t iona l is ts . A f te r

a l l , l og i c is the mos t s ter i le

of the s c i e n c e s . A l l it c a n

do is to s h o w that a set of

p r o p o s i t i o n s (if they are

e x p r e s s e d c lear ly ) do not

con t rad ic t . T h e Wor l d ' s real

p r o b l e m s invo lve f i nd ing

w h e r e to start.

T h i s is w h y J e s u s never

wro te any b o o k s a n d never

f o u n d e d any s c h o o l s of

though t . H e d id not se lec t

h is f o l l owe rs by q u i z z i n g

t hem o n thei r ideas abou t

G o d , re l i g ion , mora l i t y o r

e c o n o m i c s he s i m p l y s a i d :

' F o l l o w me' .

H e had his pr ior i t ies

r ight. H e t hough t that

d o c t r i n e s were less

impor tan t than p e o p l e s o

he b roke the re l ig ious ru les

w h e n they hurt peop le . H e

though t that t h i ngs were

less impor tan t than peop le ,

s o he s h o w e d p e o p l e that

they c o u l d l ive happ ie r l ives

if they gave up thei r ho ld

on thei r p o s e s s i o n s . H e

be l ieved in L o v e a n d he

w a s p repa red to d ie rather

than e x p r e s s hate.

T o d a y , we have to look

se r i ous l y at the example of

J e s u s (the d o c t r i n e s abou t

h im t oo of ten dir . ict us

f rom fo l l ow in g h im) . W o u l d

ou r w o r l d be better if w e

c a r e d more abou t s ta rv ing

p e o p l e than abou t

d e f e n d i n g ou rse l ves wi th

w e a p o n s w e da re not u s e ?

W o u l d we not be a happ ie r

p e o p l e if we c a r e d more

abou t l iv ing a n d less abou t

c o l l e c t i n g the gadge t s that

c h a r a c t e r i s e Wes te rn

c o n s u m e r s o c i e t i e s ? W o u l d

we not be a happ ie r soc ie t y

if w e t reated p e o p l e as

more impor tan t than

bu reauc ra t i c ru les? T h e s e

are the sort of q u e s t i o n s we

have to ask if we are to

f o l l ow J e s u s now.

W e look to his e x a m p l e ,

that tel l us whe re to start.

W e must try to f o l l ow h im

be fore it b e c o m e s

wo r t hwh i l e a r g u i n g about

t heo logy . Ch r i s t i an i t y has

to be t r ied to be be l i eved , it

d o e s not have to be

be l i eved to be t r ied .

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Chem PG


Computers That Can Taste

And Smell

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r ep laced by a c o n t i n u o u s l y

f l ow ing so lu t i on w h i c h

con t a i n s the n e c e s s a r y

nut r ients . T h i s t e c h n i q u e

has many advan tages over

more conven t i ona l m e t h o d s

of c r o p g rowth , in

par t icu lar , as c r o p y ie lds

can be i nc reased by as

m u c h as ten fo ld , more

ef f ic ient use of g l a s s h o u s e s

is poss i b l e . It a l so a l l ows

for better con t ro l ?f p lant

g row th , less t roub le f rom

pests , a n d a q u i c k e r turn

r o u n d be tween c rops .

H o w e v e r , it is impor tan t

that p H is con t ro l l ed , that

the nutr ient so lu t i on is

r ep len i shed wi th i ron ,

p o t a s s i u m , a n d ni trate ions

as they are u s e d up by the

p lants , a n d that the bu i ld

up of undes i r ab le ions s u c h

as c h l o r i d e and s o d i u m is

mon i to red the d e s i g n of the

a u t o m a t i c nutr ient f i lm

ana l yse r is based on ion

se lec t i ve e lec t rodes . T h e s e

use a carr ier , i m p r e g n a t e d

in a m e m b r a n e , to b ind the

target ion in the r ight s i zed

cavi ty a n d t ranspor t it

a c r o s s the m e m b r a n e . Fo r

e x a m p l e , in the c a s e of

p o t a s s i u m ions a natura l ly

o c c u r i n g c o m p o u n d

v a l i n o m y c i n is u s e d . T h e

potent ia l w h i c h is

es tab l i shed a c r o s s the

m e m b r a n e p rov ides a d i rect

m e a s u r e of the

c o n c e n t r a t i o n . In the new

sys tem a m i c r o c o m p u t e r is

u s e d to ca l ib ra te the

e lec t rodes , con t ro l the

s e n s o r s , s a m p l e the

nutr ient, a n d ana l ys e the

data . A n impor tan t aspec t

of the s y s t e m is that it c a n

be used a n d ma in ta ined by

n o n - s p e c i a l i s e d staff. At

present it is in use at the

Na t iona l Insti tute of

Ag r i cu l t u ra l E n g i n e e r i n g

and has s u c c e s s f u l l y

mon i t o red tomato c r o p s

th roughou t two g r o w i n g

s e a s o n s .

A n e l e c t r o c h e m i c a l

senso r d e s i g n e d to

measu re exp i red c a r b o n

d i o x i d e has been d e v e l o p e d

by P r o f e s s o r A lbe ry ,

H u m p h r e y D r u m m o n d , a n d

B i l l Y o u n g in co l l ab ra t i on

wi th Dr H a n of the

Radc l i f f e Inf i rmary, O x f o r d .

Th is s e n s o r was p r o d u c e d

to mon i to r pat ients in

in tens ive ca re , a n d for use

; in the opera t ing theat re It

m a k e s use of a te f lon

; m e m b r a n e , w h i c h a l l ows

o x y g e n and c a r b o n d i o x i d e

to pass t h r o u g h , to

separa te the exp i red air

f r om the th in layer of

; so lu t i on in w h i c h the

e lec t rochemis t r y takes

p lace . B e c a u s e c a r b o n

d i o x i d e is e l e c t r o c h e m i c a l l y

s tab le to even large

vo l tages (2-3v), the ac t i on

of the s e n s o r d e p e n d s on

reduc t i on of o x y g e n to

genera te the h igh ly react ive

s u p e r o x i d e ion, w h i c h then

reacts wi th the c a r b o n

d iox ide . T h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n

of c a r b o n d i o x i d e is then

ca l cu l a t e d f rom the

d i f fe rence be tween the

amoun t of s u p e r o x i d e

genera ted and the a m o u n t

recove red . Th i s c a n all be

a c h i e v e d so rap id ly that it

is poss ib l e to d i sp l a y a

breath by breath ana l ys i s of

e x p i r e d c a r b o n d iox i de .

B y c o u p l i n g e n z y m e s

wi th e lec t rodes a very

soph i s t i ca ted and se lec t i ve

recogn i t i on c a n be

ach ieved . P r o f e s s o r A l b e r y

and Dr C a s s are w o r k i n g

on a n u m b e r of impor tan t

new b i o s e n s o r s w h i c h take

advan tage of the ca ta l y t i c

act iv i ty and spec i f i c i t y of

e n z y m e s .

A n impor tant

b reak th rough has been the

the deve lopmen t of a

b i o s e n s o r to detect a l c o h o l .

T h e senso r , w h i c h has

T h e resul t is a s e n s o r

w h e r e the cur ren t is

d i rec t ly p ropor t i ona l to the

c o n c e n t r a t i o n of the

a l c o l o l .

T h e r e is a l so a g l u c o s e

b i osenso r , w h i c h has been

d e v e l o p e d by P r o f e s s o r

A lbe ry , Dr C a s s a n d Derek

C r a s t o n , that is of s im i la r

d e s i g n to the a l c o h o l

senso r . Howeve r , it is

based on the

o x i d a t i o n / r e d u c t i o n of

F A D H / F A D . Recen t tests of

th is senso r , ca r r i ed out by

Dr F i l l enz at O x f o r d , have

s h o w n that it can be u s e d

to measu re b lood g l u c o s e

levels in v ivo. S o it s h o u l d

prove ex t reme ly va luab le in

t reatment of d iabe tes , as

wel l as for fe rmenta t ion

con t ro l , a n d tests on meat

f r eshness .

T h e ' e l e c t r o c h e m i c a l

canary ' , w h i c h is a

b i o s e n s o r d e s i g n e d to

detect tox ic g a s e s s u c h as

h y d r o g e n s u l p h i d e and

h y d r o g e n c y a n i d e , is

ano ther pro ject that Dr

C a s s a n d P r o f e s s o r A l b e r y

are c o l l a b o r a t i n g o n , a l o n g

wi th S S h i u . T h i s s e n s o r

been d e v e l o p e d by P r o f e s s o r A l b e r y , Dr C a s s and K S i m , s h o u l d f ind app l i ca t i on in p r o c e s s con t ro l of fe rmen ta t ion , for c u s t o m s a n d e x c i s e to test a l c o h o l con ten t of sp i r i ts , and in the p r o d u c t i o n of a more ef f icent b rea tha lyse r for po l i ce use . Bu t its ma jo r i m p o r t a n c e l ies in the fact that th is ac t i on is based on the ox ida t i on of N A D H to N A D as there are over 250 e n z y m e s that use the co fac to r N A D / N A D H . T h i s o p e n s up the poss ib l i t y of c o n s t r u c t i n g e n z y m e s e lec t rodes of th is type wi th a w ide range of app l i ca t i ons .

T h e a l c o h o l b i o s e n s o r takes advan tage of the ca ta ly t ic act iv i ty of the e n z y m e . A p iece of d ia l ys i s m e m b r a n e , w h i c h a l l o w s the subs t ra te (in th is c a s e a l coho l ) to pass t h rough , is used to trap the e n z y m e in a s o l u t i o n layer next to the e lec t rode . T h e e n z y m e then acts as a cata lys t for the reac t ion be tween N A D a n d the subs t ra te , p r o d u c i n g N A D H .

T h e e lec t rode is m a d e of a s t rong ly c o n d u c t i n g o r g a n i c sal t s p e c i a l l y c h o s e n by the te rm, w h i c h a b s o r b s the e n y z m e on its su r face , but more impor tan t ly fac i l i ta tes the ox ida t i on of N A D H to N A D .

s h o u l d p rove to be ex t reme ly va luab le for use o n o i l r igs, as we l l as for genera l env i ronmen ta l mon i t o r i ng . A t l ow c o n c e n t r a t i o n levels h y d r o g e n s u l p h i d e gas is eas i ly de tec tab le b e c a u s e of its pungen t odou r , but at h igher levels it c a n n o t be de tec ted by sme l l . T h i s is par t i cu la r ly a p r o b l e m for the oi l indust ry , as oi l of ten c o n t a i n s p o c k e t s of o ther g a s e s , a n d in the past a c c i d e n t s have led to dea ths f rom h y d r o g e n s u l p h i d e p o i s o n i n g . T h e

e n z y m e at p resent used in the s e n s o r s c o m e s f rom beef heart, and is the one that is ac tua l l y a f fec ted if the t ox i c g a s e s enter the body . However , the s e n s o r might be requ i red to remain inact ive for long pe r i od s of t ime before it is n e e d e d , and the long term stab i l i ty of th is par t i cu la r e n z y m e is p rov ing to be a p r o b l e m . S o the team are l o o k i n g for o ther more s tab le natura l ly o c c u r r i n g e n z y m e s , or at the poss ib i l i t y of gene t i c man ipu la t i on .

Dr C a s s ' s g roup have a lso deve loped a p a r a c e t a m o l b i o s e n s o r w h i c h is in the p r o c e s s of g o i n g into c o m m e r c i a l p r o d u c t i o n . Th i s is an ex t reme ly va luab le s e n s o r as it c a n be used by hosp i ta l staff to rap id ly a s s e s s the extent of an ove rdose , s o he lp ing to save l ives. At present , the g r o u p are a lso w o r k i n g on s e n s o r s to measu re the extent of water po l l u t i on by i nsec t i c i des .

E l e c t r o c h e m i c a l s e n s o r s have an impor tant ro le to p lay in the fu ture of s c i e n c e . Bu t the deve lopmen t of new s e n s o r s requ i res c o l l a b o r a t i o n be tween sc ien t i s t s of di f ferent d i s c i p l i n e s i n c l u d i n g e lec t r i ca l eng inee rs , c h e m i s t s , b i o c h e m i s t s , a n d b i o techno log i s t s . S o it was w i th th is in m ind that the S c i e n c e and E n g i n e e r i n g R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l recent ly l a u n c h e d a s p e c i a l in i t iat ive to suppo r t and e n c o u r a g e th is t ype of i n te rd i sc ip l i na ry work in un ivers i t ies and p o l y t e c h n i c s . It is h o p e d that u l t imate ly the d e v e l o p m e n t of new s e n s o r s c o u l d lead to the es tab l i shmen t of a new h igh t e c h n o l o g y indus t ry in the Un i ted K i n g d o m .

S e c u r i t y D i v i s i o n — T r a f f i c W a r d e n s

S i n c e t h e C o l l e g e r e - o p e n e d i n J a n ' 8 6 it

h a s b e c o m e i n c r e a s i n g l y o b v i o u s t h a t

m a n y o f t h e s t u d e n t s ( e s p e c i a l l y

' F r e s h e r s ' a r e f l a g r a n t l y d i s o b e y i n g t h e

s t r i c t p a r k i n g r u l e s a n d r e g u l a t i o n s l a i d

d o w n b y t h e s e c u r i t y o f f i c e . S h o u l d y o u

h a v e a c a r b u t n o r e c o g n i s e d Blue p e r m i t

( t h e K e n s i n g t o n o r C h e l s e a P e r m i t d o e s

not a p p l y t o t h e C o l l e g e . ) y o u a r e s t r i c t l y

not a l l o w e d t o p a r k w i t h i n t h e C o l l e g e

C a m p u s

S h o u l d y o u p e r s i s t i n t h i s s e l f i s h a c t i o n

o r i g n o r a n t a t t i t u d e y o u r w h e e l s c o u l d b e

c l a m p e d . A f i n e w o u l d t h e n b e i m p o s e d

f o r t a k i n g s a m e o f f .


B O O K

I can ' t imag ine the b o r i n g ,

s t o o p - s h o u l d e r e d ,

dandru f f - r i dden Imper ia l

lec turers even th ink ing

abou t s o m e t h i n g as

in teres t ing as cent ra l

hea t ing . H e n c e it c o m e s as

a bit of a s h o c k to read a

book where s o m e

a c a d e m i c s th ink abou t

s u c h you th fu l act iv i t ies as

sex , and put though t into

ac t i on .

T w o p ro fesso rs , o n e

E n g l i s h and the o ther

A m e r i c a n , s w o p jobs for s ix

mon ths , a n d have all so r t s

of merry cape rs . Z a p p , the

w i s e d - u p A m e r i c a n , c o m e s

over wi th a p l a n e l o a d of

p regnan t w o m e n on the i r

way to an abor t i on c l i n i c

a n d e n d s up be ing a t tacked

by a fo rmer head of

depa r tmen t w h o ' s e s c a p e d

f rom a loca l lunat ic a s y l u m .

Ph i l i p , the qu ie t re t i r ing

E n g l i s h m a n , gets a r res ted

for s tea l ing b r i cks a n d has

a B lack Pan the r in his

o f f ice. A d d to th is a Lo tus

spor ts car , s tudent

ac t i v i sm, a d rug c r a z e d

o rgy a n d a rad ica l p h o n e - i n

rad io p r o g r a m m e and the

ingred ien ts are m ixed for a

feast of h i lar i ty .

It may s o u n d a bit

i n c e s t u o u s for a P r o f e s s o r

of m o d e r n E n g l i s h

L i terature to wri te a book

abou t ano the r two

p ro fesso rs of E n g l i s h

L i terature, but the

t e c h n i q u e pays off to g ive a

br i l l iant book , w h i c h is one

of the few I'd ever have

t reated myse l f to. P u b l i s h e d

by P e n g u i n , p r i ce £1.95.

T R I V I A

Masquerading as a cassette

pretending to be a set of

pictures, the Meridians

package has long puzzled

pundits. Presented in a

plastic wallet is a thinly

disguised C60 music tape,

along with 30-plus pages of

propaganda and artwork

from some of Britain's

leading designers (below).

The entire oeuvre is

distributed by Rough

Trade, perhaps a final

gesture before all their

artists defect to Virgin.

e• K i s s Of The Spider

Woman (or Kiss to its

f r iends) is H e c t o r

B a b e n c o ' s (Pixote) new

f i lm of love and death in a

po l i t i ca l p r i son , based on

the nove l by M a n u e l P u i g .

H a p p i l y hetero W i l l i am Hur t

p lays M o l i n a , an A m e r i c a n

q u e e n ja i led for a c iv i l

c r ime , but sha r i ng his ce l l

wi th Va len t i n , (Rau l Ju l i a ) ,

a po l i t i ca l p r i sone r under

in te r roga t ion by the

B raz i l i an author i t ies .

M o l i n a ' s roman t i c s to r ies

g radua l l y u n d e r m i n e h is

mascu l i n i t y a n d po ign ian t l y

under l i ne his i m p o t e n c e in

capt iv i ty , but his love of the

renegade l ies s i d e - b y - s i d e

wi th his in tent ions: to

in fo rm on Va len t in a n d

s e c u r e his paro le .

Un fo r tuna te ly , c r o s s and

d o u b l e - c r o s s mar the

spo t l ess s h e e n of th is

roman t i c mov ie . P u i g ' s

cha rac t e r s demons t ra te the

fut i l i ty of ma le a g g r e s s i o n

wi th enchan tmen t , a n d

M o l i n a ' s v io lent dea th is as

m u c h an u n c o m f o r t a b l e

plot s h a p e r as it is a

bet raya l of the s incer i t y of

the f i lm. C l o s e y o u r e y e s

for that bit. A real s w o o n i e .

• T h e Scala, ( K i n g s C r o s s

tube) , L o n d o n ' s d ingy ,

d o w n b e a t , n o n - s m o k i n g ,

(oh, the agony ! ) f leapi t has

two a l l -n igh te rs for the

w e e k e n d ow ls . O n Fr iday ,

The Mix s h o w s Grease,

Yellow Submarine and Stop

Making Sense s t rung

toge ther by D.J . 's H id i a n d

Po l l y . W i p e the s leep f rom

y o u r eyes , take a d e e p

breath a n d take the p l unge

aga in for The Gay Movie

Marathon, (Lonesome

Cowboys, Fireworks,

Querelle, Scorpio Rising,

Thundercrack, Un Chant

D'Amour a n d Taxi Zum

Klo). Bo th events start at

11.30, p r i ce £3.50 p lus 30p

m e m b e r s h i p .

•Every choice we make is

important, we make the

world what it is by our

courage and cowardice, by

our caring, by our greed

and our apathy. S o s p e a k s

M o n i k a , part of Siren

Theatre 's a c c l a i m e d re-run

of Pulp, a femin is t p iay par

excellence p l ayed by the

r e n o w n e d lesb ian ac t ing

co l lec t i ve . B a s e d on the

o r ig ina l f i lm of the 50's of

the s a m e name, it b rough t

t h u n d e r o u s a p p l a u s e to the

Dr i l l Ha l l in 1985 and

p r o m i s e s a h igh level of

a u d i e n c e par t i c ipa t ion . G e t

invo lved : £2.50 for s tuden ts

at the Dr i l l Ha l l , 16 C h e n i e s

St , W C 1 .


Photosoc Competition

M a y b e it's b e c a u s e there wasn ' t e n o u g h pub l i c i t y that the r e s p o n s e to our magn i f i cen t p h o t o s o c F E L I X C o m p e t i t i o n was so bad . Don ' t l augh , but we o n l y got three entr ies. Pa the t i c isn't It? But not to wor ry ! If y o u are an u n d i s c o v e r e d p h o t o g r a p h i c gen iu s (and I know there are h u n d r e d s of y o u out there) then all is not lost , b e c a u s e we are g o i n g to have A N O T H E R C O M P E T I T I O N , th is t ime wi th a sma l l P R I Z E . A l l y o u need to do is submi t a por t fo l io of up to four b lack a n d whi te or c o l o u r pr in ts (not s l ides) to the F E L I X o f f ice before the e n d of term. T h e p ic tu res c a n be of any sub jec t wha tsoeve r a n d any s ize .

M e a n w h i l e here are the resul ts of ou r very sma l l C h r i s t m a s c o m p e t i t i o n . First: P i n g C h u a n g , second:

H u g h R u b i n a n d third:

J u l i a n S h u l m a n . Mr S h u l m a n submi t ted a very in teres t ing por t fo l io c o n s i s t i n g of s o m e v iews of a s u b u r b a n h o u s i n g estate, a ra inbow, a cat w a l k i n g o n a ga rden fence a n d a sma l l d o g in an a rmcha i r . H u g h R u b i n ' s por t fo l io was

ex t reme ly g o o d . It c o n s i s t e d of a ser ies of B & W pr ints of s u p e r b qua l i ty and exce l len t l y c o m p o s e d . Four of these were par t icu lar ly impress ive . It is un fo r tunate that y o u canno t see t hem, b e c a u s e they real ly are very g o o d . It s e e m s to be the (almost) u n a n i m o u s o p i n i o n of the F E L I X staff, howeve r that P i n g C h u a n g ' s por t fo l io was the best , a l t hough pe rsona l l y I prefer M r R u b i n ' s p ic tu res . T h e p h o t o g r a p h r e p r o d u c e d here is ac tua l l y about 12 i nches by 16 i nche s a n d m o u n t e d in g lass . It is a m o n o c h r o m e print w h i c h has been hand c o l o u r e d , a n d it must be sa id that the F E L I X pr in t ing d o e s not do full j us t i ce to it. S o if y o u are w o n d e r i n g w h y this par t i cu la r p ic tu re was c h o s e n , y o u must bear in m i n d that it l ooks m u c h more impress i ve in real l ife.

We l l , that 's all fo lks ! R e m e m b e r that w e want lots a n d lots a n d lots of ent r ies for the new c o m p e t i t i o n , s o get you r shut te r f ingers w o r k i n g over - t ime a n d let's see what y o u c a n do . Howard Rudd

There is not much sport this

week due to bad weather and

all matches on Saturday and

Wednesday at Harlington

being cancel led due to

w a t e r l o g g e d p i t c h e s .

H o w e v e r , t h e E v e l y n

Gardens football champion

ships was decided.

B e r n a r d S u n l e y H o u s e

ma in ta ined their 100%

reco rd to w in the E v e l y n

G a r d e n s H o u s e s

C h a m p i o n s h i p . T h e

t rad i t iona l c r u n c h ma tch

be tween the two a l l -ma le

h o u s e s in Eve l yn G a r d e n s ,

B e r n a r d S u n l e y a n d

H o l b e i n , set t led the 85 /86

c h a m p i o n s h i p

Af ter a fair ly even first

ten m inu tes B e r n a r d S u n l e y

t r ipped up w h e n Sco t t

G o r d o n p i c k e d up the ball

in the box a n d s l i p p e d it

under the keeper to go o n e

up. A l m o s t immed ia te l y

f rom the restart a l ong bal l

f rom just ins ide the half

was m i s j udge d by the B S H

keeper and b o u n c e d over

his head and into the back

of the net.

A f te r ano ther ten m inu tes

B S H w i n g e r B y r o n W o o d

p i c k e d up the bal l , p a s s e d

a c o u p l e of b a c k s a n d

s q u a r e d it to a wa i t ing

Steve J a m e s w h o ca lm l y

p l a c e d the ball out of the

keeper ' s reach 2-1.

Wi th B e r n a r d S u n l e y now

d o m i n a t i n g the g a m e the

next goa l w a s a

su rp r i s i ng l y l ong t ime

c o m i n g , but o n c e aga in

Steve J a m e s m a n a g e d to

ou t - fox the keeper a n d f ind

the net.

A b o u t f ive m inu tes be fore

ha l f - t ime B y r o n W o o d

b roke t h r o u g h on the r ight

w i n g and p lan ted o n e in

the top left of the net. B S H

then had to a b s o r b s o m e

p ressu re wi th R o b J a m e s ,

L a u r e n c e C o v i l l a n d A n d y

W a t s o n m a k i n g a so l i d

barr ier , w i th help f rom a

st i l l d runk M a r c u s

S h e p h e r d .

Immedia te ly after half-

t ime Steve W i l k i n s o n

p i c k e d the ball up at the

top of the box a n d b las ted

o n e past the keeper to f ind

the goa l .

B y r o n W o o d got the f ifth

tak ing it r ound the keeper

on the edge of the box ,

then beat ing two de fende rs

s tand ing on the l ine.

Wi th A n d y W a t s o n

j i nk ing a n d j iv ing on the

r ight a n d R o b J a m e s

s t o p p i n g a n y o n e a n d

any th ing on the left B S H

were c o p i n g wel l at the

back. L a u r e n c e (Fog-horn )

C o v i l l t ook all the h igh

ba l ls a n d c o u l d have

s w a l l o w e d the ball if he had

o p e n e d his mou th a litt le

wider .

B y r o n W o o d c o m p l e t e d

his hat- t r ick to m a k e B S H

6-2 up. H o l b e i n then put

the B e r n a r d S u n l e y goa l

unde r p ressu re wi th s o m e

g o o d runs by A n d y Kee l i n

and Sco t t G o r d o n . T h e

B S H keeper r e d e e m e d

h imsel f in part wi th a

c o u p l e of saves a n d s o m e

rap id hoo f ing by M a l c o l m

J o n e s , La i Cov i l l and

M a r c u s S h e p h e r d , w h o was

s o b e r i n g up by n o w but

was not keen on h e a d i n g ,

saw B S H th rough to the

f inal wh is t le .

S a i l i n g

Las t S a t u r d a y the Imper ia l

C o l l e g e Sa i l i ng team set off

for the first m a t c h of the

te rm aga ins t Br is to l

Un ive rs i t y .

T h e first race sa i l ed

l o o k e d as if it was g o i n g to

be a very c l o s e f in ish , wi th

s o m e very g o o d sa i l i ng

c o m i n g f rom both teams ,

unt i l the last lap w h e n two

m e m b e r s of the o p p o s i t i o n

d e c i d e d to s h o w us the

best way to s ink a f i ref ly.

Fo r tuna te ly the boat was

d r a g g e d to the s h o r e and

emp t i ed be fore it sank

comp le te l y .

A f te r l unch the

resump t i on of r ac i ng was

d e l a y e d due to a squa l l

p a s s i n g over , d u r i n g w h i c h

va r ious m e m b e r s of both

t eams set abou t

demons t ra t i ng thei r

c a p s i z i n g sk i l l s . Not

sa t is f ied wi th th is s o m e o n e

tr ied sa i l i ng away f rom the

jetty leav ing half a t i l ler

ex tens ion beh in d and

a lmos t c o l l i d e d wi th o ther

boa ts t ied up there.

B y the end of the squa l l

there we re 4 boats , 6 he lms

and 5 c rews stil l ready to

sa i l . R a c i n g was then

r e s u m e d , invo lv ing s o m e

very compe t i t i ve sa i l i ng

wi th al l p rev ious d u c k i n g s

fo rgo t ten .


Wind Band

F r o m th is term o n w a r d s ,

the IC W i n d B a n d wi l l be

k n o w n as the IC C o n c e r t

B a n d . Th i s new tit le is an

i nd i ca t i on of the move to

improve the image of the

band , in o rder to i nc rease

the m e m b e r s h i p a n d the

suppor t .

M o r e c h a l l e n g i n g p ieces

of a greater var iety than

before wi l l be p l ayed ,

deta i ls to be a n n o u n c e d

later at the first rehearsa l .

T h e s e wi l l inev i tab ly

requ i re more p rac t i ce , s o

just o n e conce r t near the

e n d of each term is l ike ly.

In the Win te r a n d S p r i n g

terms, th is wi l l be i ndoo rs !

O n l y the t rad i t iona l

S u m m e r c o n c e r t wi l l be on

the Q u e e n ' s L a w n .

A commi t t ee wi l l be

f o rmed in o rder to o r g a n i s e

the c o n c e r t s , c h o o s e the

p ieces to be p layed and

p e r h a p s a r range s o m e

soc ia l events .

It is h o p e d that these

p r o p o s a l s wi l l st i r al l y o u

B r a s s , W o o d w i n d a n d

P e r c u s s i o n p layers out

there into ac t i on . A s before ,

p layers of all s t a n d a r d s are

w e l c o m e and no aud i t i ons

are requ i red . T h e first of

the regu lar M o n d a y

even ing rehearsa ls th is

term is on 20 J a n u a r y f rom

5.45pm to 7.15pm in the

Grea t Ha l l .

SF

T h e s u n , just past zen i th , beat d o w n u p o n the b laz ing s a n d s . H e con t ro l l ed the veh ic le wi th a deft t o u c h , foot aga ins t the f loor, p o n d e r i n g u p o n his j ou rney ' s end .

It was T h o r ' s day, a n d a bad day for t rave l l ing . T h e g o d of all e lec t r i c s t o r m s f r owned u p o n internal c o m b u s t i o n eng ines , they r e d u c e d the impac t of h is spec ia l i t y .

Even so M a x i m i l i a n had to arr ive at ' The B u i l d i n g ' and s o o n . Even now the d e n i z e n s of ' P s i p h i ' w o u l d be ga the r ing , a n d M a x i m i a n w a s to add ress t hem, to brief them on the da r ing e s c a p e that was to take p lace on S u n d a y .

O n the h o r i z o n , he spo t ted a dark s p e c k . U n d o u b t e d l y th is w a s the rema ins of the anc ien t c o m p u t e r cent re . T h e 'By te ' bu i l d i ng .

S u d d e n l y , f rom the r ight he saw a f lash of l ight. A n o t h e r car ! Fo r a m o m e n t p a n i c f i l led h im, but t hen , as it d rew nearer , he r e c o g n i s e d it. It w o u l d be a due l to the death , but the p u n y Hue l l zo k c h a r a b a n c was no ma tch for his Las la r L y r i c o n c u s t o m job.

T h e ca rs c l o s e d re len t less ly , a sho t r i pped in to the e n g i n e c o u l i n g . M a x l i f ted a g renade in h is r ight hand and wa i ted . A s the ca rs c l o s e d he caugh t a v iew of the dr iver.

' S t o m m ! It's R e x Petes , the man w h o d runk the b l o o d of S a t a m u s ! '

H e threw the g renade , in h is m i n d s eye , the p a r a b o l i c arc , a n d the H u e l l z o k c o n v e r g e d at 1-10 and. . .

A d e a f e n i n g e x p l o s i o n f i l led the air.

M a x c o v e r e d the r ema in i n g mi le in shor t m inu tes a n d s teered t h rough the a r ch .

H e ran up the f l ights of s ta i rs a n d in to the g reen r o o m .

'H i C o s m i c ! ' C o s m i c just s m i l e d , took the b laster f rom beh in d his back and lased M a x in the chest .

'Don ' t wor ry M a x . It"s not s o m u c h an after l ife, m o r e sor t of an apres vie! '

P i c o c o n 15 Feb Films,

Games, Videos, Plays, Guest

of Honour and much more.

Ind Soc

Wel l H a p p y N e w Y e a r a n d w e l c o m e back to Industry Year . W e start the term wi th a C h e e s e and W i n e party th is l unch t ime wi th J o h n Garne t t , D i rec to r of the Industr ia l Soc ie t y . Fo r t h o s e of y o u w h o re fuse to read pos te rs it's at 12.40pm in the U n i o n U p p e r D i n i n g Ha l l . E v e r y o n e is w e l c o m e : it's f ree on p r o d u c t i o n of y o u r m e m b e r s h i p c a r d . If y o u m i s s e d the last o n e don ' t m iss this! !

T h i s is f o l l owed next W e d n e s d a y 22 by a B u s i n e s s G a m e o r g a n i s e d by S h e l l . A n y o n e in terested s h o u l d con tac t Huber t O ' H a r a , P h y s i c s 3, wi th a £3 re tu rnab le depos i t . T h i s event i n c l u d e s a free buffet.

O the r events th is mon th i nc l ud e t r ips to, Br i t i sh S tee l on the 22 a n d R o l l s R o y c e C a r s on the 29 J a n u a r y . A l s o on the 28 S c h i s i t z e r wi l l be c o m i n g to the C o l l e g e for a s p e a k e r mee t i ng . Fo r m o r e in fo rmat ion read y o u r news le t t e r—See y o u there! !

Model Aircraft

'Ha l l o and w e l c o m e to

today ' s ed i t ion of

B l o c k b u s t e r s . T o d a y w e have J i m f rom L o n d o n g o i n g for the g o l d run—take y o u r p lace on the

hotspot , p lease! ' T A S B P l e a s e B o b '

'When a n d whe re do I C M A C

mee t? ' ' T h u r s d a y s A b o v e S o u t h s i d e Bar '

'Co r rec t '

' H P T p lease B o b '

'At what t ime do I C M A

mee t? ' 'Hal f Pas t Twe l ve '

' C o r r e c t '

'N P l e a s e B o b ' 'A re I C M A C mee t ing th is

W e e k e n d ? '

' Y e s ? '

' N o ' ' P a s s — I C M A C p lease B o b '

' I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e ' s m o s t

p res t i g i ous C l u b ' ' Imper ia l C o l l e g e M o o n e y A p p r e c i a t i o n C i r c l e '

' N o ' 'I can m a k e A i rc ra f t C r a s h ? ' 'Nea r e n o u g h — a n d , yes we h a v e — B l o c k b u s t e r s ! '

Barn Dancing Soc

T h e Imper ia l C o l l e g e B a r n D a n c i n g soc i e t y doesn ' t ex is t ! (groan..) B a r n D a n c i n g , t h o u g h , l ives and thr ives at Imper ia l C o l e g e s (hooray.. . )

W H A T IS B A R N D A N C I N G ? A s a recent conver t to

the act iv i ty I c a n u n d e r s t a n d the a p p r e h e n s i o n s a n d m i s c o n c e p t i o n s that lie in the m inds of Imper ia l C o l l e g e s tuden ts . F u n d a m e n t a l l y a n d essen t ia l l y Ba rn D a n c i n g is a s i m p l e and fun act iv i ty. N o e x p e r i e n c e or ta lent is requ i red , just a c a n d i d and l igh t -hear ted a p p r o a c h to en te r ta inment . A b a n d p lays chee r fu l , b o u n c y m u s i c a n d the ca l le r sk i l fu l l y man ipu la tes the a t m o s p h e r e to c rea te a l ively, in t imate c o m m u n i t y .

Y o u ' v e w i t n e s s e d the

G u i l d s ca rn i va l , you ' ve

heard the B o o m a l a k a

r e s o u n d in un l i ke ly p laces ,

but now for s o m e t h i n g

c o m p l e t e l y d i f ferent . . . 'The

Va len t i ne ' s B a r n D a n c e ' .

E s c a p e f rom the s t i f l ing

ci ty h a s s l e to the c a n d i d

and l igh thear ted spir i t of

the coun t r y . Don ' t be one

of l i fe's spec ta to rs jo in in

a n d make fun on F r iday ,

14th Feb rua ry at the

H o l l a n d C l u b ' B a r n ' . T h e

t icke ts a re ob t a i nab l e f rom

the G u i l d s U n i o n O f f i ce at

a ba rga in p r i ce of £2.00.

B E T H E R E O R B E S Q U A R E !

Guilds

A big thank y o u to e v e r y o n e w h o he lped wi th the cen tena ry c o c k t a i l party at the e n d of last te rm. It was a t r e m e n d o u s s u c c e s s d u e to F rank Mi l la r ' s o rgan i sa t i o n a n d all the hos ts ' hard work on the n ight . Let ters of t h a n k s have been p o u r i n g into the o f f ice f rom m a n y of the gues ts , a n d c a n be read by a n y o n e w h o is in teres ted.

T h e r e are st i l l t i cke ts ava i lab le for the D i n n e r a n d D a n c e o n the 31 J a n u a r y w h i c h wi l l be s u p e r b , over 200 p e o p l e have a l ready s i g n e d up, s o c o m e and jo in in the ce leb ra t i on .

T h e o ther ma jor event th is term is the Va len t i ne B a r n D a n c e w h i c h wi l l th is year be o n , g u e s s what , the 14th of Feb rua ry .

A l ive f ive p iece b a n d wi l l be l ead ing the even ing g i v ing ful l i ns t ruc t ions . G u e s t s f rom loca l w o m e n ' s hos te ls a n d nu rs i ng c o l l e g e s wi l l e n s u r e an even b lend of the sexes . T i c k e t s on sa le s o o n .

T h i s T u e s d a y 21 is the G e n e r a l C o m m i t t e e at 6 .00pm for 6 .15pm for al l D e p R e p s , S o c R e p s . S o c i e t y C h a i r m a n a n d o ther impor tan t p e o p l e in the u n i o n .

Applications are closing today for

SUB WARDEN Holbein House

Contact the Warden

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FELIX Friday 17 January 13

c

~ S u n d a y

T o d a y

1 2 3 0 h

Union Upper Lounge

Orienteering Club. Meet ing to organise travel arrangements for the weekend.

1 2 4 5 h

Southside Upper Lounge

Yacht Club Meeting to organise racing crew and d iscuss weekend tr ips for this term.

Volleyball Court

Basketball shoot ing pract ice. For all players; to teach beginners how to shoot and help more exper ienced players improve their shoot ing.

1 3 0 0 h

Union Building

Islamic Society

congregat ional prayer.

Beit Gym Keep Fit P lease bring suitable c lothing and jogg ing shoes.

1 8 3 0 h

Volleyball Court

Badminton Club. Everyone welcome.

1900h SDR

Arts and Science Lodge

Dinner B A B (Bring a Boaz) . Contact B Ward.

2 0 3 0 h

Southside Bar Southside Bar D isco

S a t u r d a y

1 0 0 0 h

Concert Hall Opsoc setbuilding. Anyone who is interested in staging show welcome, members especial ly .

1 3 0 0 h

9 Princes Gardens Islamic Society prayers

1 4 0 0 h

Concert Hall Opsoc rehearsal

1 0 0 0 h

Sherfield Consort Gallery

Chaplaincy commun ion service

1 0 3 0 h

Concert Hall Opsoc setbuilding. Anyone who is interested in staging show welcome, members especial ly .

1 1 3 0 h

More House, 53 Cromwell

Road

Catholic Soc Mass A l l we lcome for ref lect ion and worship.

1 3 0 0 h

Senior Common Room

Wargames Meeting. 10-15% discount avai lable on games. Membersh ip £1.50.


1 6 3 0 h

Union Gym

Wu Shu Kwan K ick the boring Sunday habit, literally! Learn to look after yourself and enjoy f i tness with IC Kung Fu C l u b

1800h More House, 53 Cromwell Rd.

Mass and talk. A T D : 4th World ' , a talk and video by Ai l ish Scot t volunteer worker with A T D

M o n d a y

1 2 3 0 h


Hang-gliding meeting

Southside Upper Lounge Waterski Club. C o m e a long and s ign up for Wednesday and Saturday trips.

130011 9 Princes Gardens Islamic Society prayers

Beit Gym

Keep Fit Please bring suitable c lothing and jogging shoes.

1 7 3 0 h

Volleyball Court Basketball t raining for first and second team members.

1 7 4 5 h

Greaf Hall Wind Band rehearsal

1 8 0 0 h

Southside Gym Keep Fit P lease bring suitable c lothing and jogging shoes.

1 9 3 0 h

Physics L T1

'Wells Centenary Lecture' Dr Michael Draper speaks to Wel lsoc on 'Wells and Huxley ' at the Royal Co l l ege of Sc ience.

2 0 0 0 h

Junior Common Room

Beginners Dancing C lass

T u e s d a y

1 2 3 0 h

Jazz Room Jazz Club General Meeting Al l we lcome—espec ia l l y

Chem 231 Catholic Society Mass , lunch and people. Quiet after quantum theory, transistors etc. Everyone we lcome.

Union Upper Lounge

Audio Soc ie ty buy your d iscount records, order today, col lect Thursday.


Scout and Guide luncht ime butties

1 2 4 5 h

JCR Chinese Chess. C o m e and play Wei -Qi and X iang-Q i , also known as ' G o h ' in Japanese and 'Baduk ' in Korean. A l l welcome.

1 3 0 0 h

TV Lounges STOIC spec ia l feature broadcast

Southside Lounge Boardsailing Club. Regular meeting to organise Wed afternoon trips. Membersh ip £4.

Southside Lounge

QT stunt coord inat ion meeting


1 3 1 5 h

Read Theatre, Sherfield Humanties Lecture: 'Neurot ic Illness and their Treatment—Modern Developments ' by Prof Hans Eysenck of Department of Psycho logy , The Institute of Psychiatry

1 7 3 0 h

Brown Committee Room

Amnesty International

Meeting.

1 8 0 0 h

TV Lounges

STOIC for the latest Co l l ege

and Ci ty news

Bot Zoo Common Room

Christian Union Meet ing

Southside Gym Imperial Workout wear something comfortable and any type of training shoe. A towel /exerc ise mat is also useful.

1 8 3 0 h

Union Gym Judo training. A n informal sess ion

1 9 0 0 h

301m/999KHz

IC Radio Roundtable. Hugh Sti les and the 'wonderful ' Quent in Fontana look at the weeks news release.

1 9 3 0 h

Volleyball Court

Basketball beginners training.

Room 2E, ULU ULU Gay and Lesbian meet ing

2 1 1 5 h

Weeks Hall

ICCAG Soup Run, tea, soup and meet ing London 's down and outs.

W e d n e s d a y

1 2 3 0 h

Life Sci G1L Cathsoc lunch group.

8e/f Gym Keep Fit Circuits. Free to members of IC Keep Fit C l u b . Membersh ip £1

1 3 0 0 h

Above Southside Shop Micro Club. A l l members have all access to our computers and word process ing facil it ies. Membersh ip £2.

Southside Gym Keep Fit P lease bring suitable c lothing and jogging shoes.

SCR Wargames meeting

9 Princes Gardens

Islamic Society prayers

Lower Union Lounge

Caving Club meeting

1 3 1 5 h

Brown Commitee Room

Rubber/Duplicate Bridge

9 Prince's Gardens

(basement)

Islamic teachings course series D: Mus l im Bel iefs.


It is my deep suspicion that when the bomb finally drops and

leaves a populat ion of cockroaches with a lifetime supply of

medium rare human that somewhere among the ruins there

will still be a computer sending out unwanted mail shots.

Picture the scene as two yuppie cockroaches sit breakfasting

on fillet of chartered accountant and opening endless offers

for the WHICH 'Guide to Back Pain, and how to inflict it'. Sick? Wel l in an infinite universe anything is possible, even a

planet where people indulge in S & M pornography while 70

governments indulge in institutionalised torture. Maybe you

need a sick mind to survive in a sick world. Students in

particularly, seem tostretch the limits of human sensibility in

search of diversion and entertainment. So this week it

seemed a neat idea to check out some of the good honest gore

on offer.

A s A lban ian mountain cyclist Eugene Z h o g once said 'A

puncture can really fuck up your day'. Wel l its punctures of a

different kind (ie. in the head) that have the same effect for

various randoms in the film Re-Animator which opens on Jan

17th at the O d e o n Kensington among other places. Th is is

going to be a cult f i lm. Its based on an H.P.Lovecraf t book

and oozes zombies, mad scientists and death (temporary

only).

If cul t /gore films are what you crave, the place to

remember is the Scala cinema near Kings Cross. They have

regular re-runs of all sorts of cult and 'art' (ho! ho! we know

what they mean) films, and also Saturday all-night

screenings of multiple bills which are extremely good value.

They ran showings o f The Evil Dead as part of a campaign

against its banning on video last year.

F o r all you telly fetishists the controversial bit of the B B C 2

thriller Dead Head is screened next Wednesday. Meanwhile if

you want something which will really freak you out, the

documentary Silent Twins ( B B C 2 , Sunday 10.10-11.40) is an

eerie story about two twins now in Broadmoor psychiatric

prison. Th is unfortunately clashes with Spitting Images and

so will probably be missed by most people. L o o k i n g around

at what we watch for entertainment leads one to reflect that

IC Rag Mags are pretty tame stuff-not so much evil as boring

| ft

i

1 4 0 0 h

Mech Eng Foyer Make Kids Toys for handicapped chi ldren

1800h Union Dining Hall Guilds Gen Com Al l Dep Reps, Soc ie ty Cha i rman , S o c Reps and other people to attend

1 9 0 0 h

Lounge Jazz Club New Year Hop Free booze once in, live Co l lege bands, d isco, 50p discount from Un ion Refectory. £2.50 in advance, £3.00 on the door

Junior Common Room

Advanced Dancing C lass

Greaf Hall IC Orchestra Rehearsal

2 0 0 0 h

Junior Common Room

Medals Dancing C lass

Thursday

1 2 3 0 h

Huxley 413

Methsoc A d iscuss ion on 'The C h u r c h and Vocat ion '

Union Upper Lounge

Audio Society col lect today records ordered on Tuesday.

Mines B303 Scout and Guide s l ideshow.

1 2 4 5 h

JCR

Chinese Chess. C o m e and play Wei -Qi and X iang-Q i , also known as 'Goh ' in Japanese and 'Baduk ' in Korean. A l l welcome.

JCR Sherfield

North American Stall

Information on B U N A C work and play in U S this summer.

Southside Lounge Riding Club meeting

1 3 0 0 h

Union SCR SCAB meeting: S C A B est imates—all Cha i rman and Treasurers please attend.

TV Lounges STOIC Watch N E W S B R E A K for the latest Co l l ege and Ci ty news.


Balloon Club meeting.

9 Princes Gardens Islamic Society prayeis

Green Committee Room-Top

floor of Union building

SFSoc Library meeting.

A c c e s s to the S F S o c library of over 1000 titles, p lus d iscuss ion and organisat ion of future events.

1 3 3 0 h

Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate

Concert Jud i th Hal l and Timothy Walker playing works by Ibert, Giu l ian i , Vi l la Lobos and Walker. 9 Prince's Gardens Quranic Recitation

1 7 3 0 h

Aero 254

Gliding Club Meeting.

Arranging lifts to Lasham, v ideos & fi lms.

1 7 4 5 h

Mech Eng 342

Imperial College Choir.

Rehearsal .

1 8 0 0 h

SCR Beit

White Bordeaux Tasting.

White deux Mers, Graves etc and those specia l Sauternes he Queen 's favourite! A l l at the underbel ievable pr ice of only £3.00 members, £4.00 non-members

TV Lounges STOIC specia l feature programme

Southside Gym

Imperial Workout wear someth ing comfortable and any type of training shoe. A towel /exerc ise mat is also useful.

1 8 3 0 h

Union Gym

Judo Coaching Session.

Instruction from B J A resident and guest instructors. A l l welcome, especia l ly beginners. 60p mat fee.

1 9 0 0 h

JCR Dancing C l u b Intermediate

1930h Music Room, 53 Princes Gate

Opsoc rehearsal

2000(1 JCR Dancing C l u b Beginners

FELIX Friday 17 January 15

rA report in last

W e d n e s d a y ' s G U A R D I A N

reveals that a G o v e r n m e n t

' cover up' has resu l ted in

t h o u s a n d s of m i s i n f o r m e d

s tuden ts c l a i m i n g benef i ts

to w h i c h they were not

ent i t led.

T h e mis take o c c u r r e d

w h e n S o c i a l S e r v i c e s

Sec re ta ry M r N o r m a n

F o w l e r re leased p rematu re

in fo rmat ion to the p ress o n

half of the Depar tmen t of

Hea l th and S o c i a l Secu r i t y ,

a n n o u n c i n g c h a n g e s w h i c h

w o u l d have a l l owed

s tuden ts under covenan t to

c la im s u p p l e m e n t a r y

benef i t du r i ng the s u m m e r

vaca t i on . In fact, these new

regu la t ions were w i thd rawn

in late N o v e m b e r , a few

days before they were due

to be passed by par l iament .

Mr F o w l e r c h o s e not to

issue another s ta tement ..

a n n o u n c i n g the

pos tponemen t , i n fo rm ing

on l y h is staff of the c h a n g e ,

v ia an internal c i r cu la r . T h i s

in effect, m is led S tuden t s

into be l iev ing that they

c o u l d rece ive th is benef i t

on top of their parents '

convenan t paymen ts .

W h e n q u e s t i o n e d by

F E L I X , a S e n i o r D H S S

Of f ic ia l d e n i e d the

G U A R D I A N ' S a l l ega t ion

that the w i thd rawa l c a m e

about b e c a u s e of dra f t ing

e r ro rs of the type that led

to last year 's ' B o a r d and

l odg ings ' cour t c a s e , in

w h i c h ano ther set of D H S S

regu la t ions were d e e m e d

i l legal by the C o m m o n s

Sta tu tory Ins t ruments

C o m m i t t e e . A l t h o u g h these

latest ru les st i l l awai t

con f i rma t i on to b e c o m e

part of the benef i t c h a n g e s

repor ted in last week ' s

i ssue , the of f ic ia l a s s u r e d

F E L I X that al l s tuden ts w h o

mis taken ly c l a i m e d have

ac tua l l y been r e i m b u r s e d

by spec ia l payment . H e

c o u l d , however , f ind 'no

apparen t reason ' for Mr

Fow le r ' s ac t i on .

r

A p roposa l w h i c h a ims to

e n c o u r a g e t ie c l u b

m e m b e r s to work in the

U n i o n bar on w e e k d a y s

was g iven u n a n i m o u s

suppor t at M o n d a y s

Internal S e r v i c e s

C o m m i t t e e . T h o s e present

at the meet ing i n c l u d e d

C a r l B u r g e s s , Dave

K i n g s t o n , Q u e n t i n F o n t a n a ,

a n d M o o r e Lyt t le the U n i o n

Ba r M a n a g e r . Q u e n t i n

F o n t a n a h o p e s that the tie

c l u b s wi l l take to d r i nk ing

in the bar as a resul t of the

move . H e den ied the

s u g g e s t i o n that o rd ina ry

s tuden ts w i s h i n g to work in

the bar w o u l d be p l a c e d at

a d i sadvan tage .

Pete W i l s o n IC U n i o n

Wel fa re Of f i ce r is wor r i ed

that there w o u l d be fewer

bar s e s s i o n s ava i lab le for

'o rd inary s tudents ' , and is

a lso c o n c e r n e d that the bar

wi l l b e c o m e inev i tab ly t ie

c l u b or ien ta ted. '

SS

Studen t s wi l l l ose up to

£1100 th rough be ing

unab le to c l a im

supp lemen t a r y a n d h o u s i n g

benef i t over the s u m m e r

ho l i days , c l a i m s N U S v i c e

p res iden t V i c k i Ph i l l i ps .

O n e result of th is is that

many s tuden ts may have tc

give up their c o u r s e s .

T h e G o v e r n m e n t

exp lana t i on for the cu ts is

the h igh admin i s t ra t i on

cos ts of runn ing the

benef i ts . A c c o r d i n g to the

G o v e r n m e n t for

supp lemen t a r y benef i ts of

£4 m i l l i on , admin is t ra t i on

cost were £2 mi l l i on , and

for h o u s i n g benef i ts of £5

mi l l i on , £3 mi l l ion were

spent on admin i s t ra t i on .

T h e N U S v ice P res iden t is

e n c o u r a g i n g s tuden ts to

wri te letters of protest to

M P s .

F r iday 24th J a n u a r y has

been des igna ted a loca l

day of protest o r g a n i s e d by

the N U S , w h i c h a lso p lans

a mass lobby of M P s on

Feb rua ry 12th.

• 2 4 t h J a n u a r y , 12.30pm

M e c h E n g f o y e r J C U n i o n

leaflet protest at H a r r o d s

B e there or be square !

Going Through The Motions

T h e A U T St r i ke , a c a d e m i c

affairs a n d N i c a r a g u a n

co f fee were d i s c u s s e d at a

l ively U n i o n G e n e r a l

M ee t i n g ( U G M ) on

T u e s d a y . T h e v e n u e was,

unusua l l y , C i v E n g 201

after it was d i s c o v e r e d on

M o n d a y that the Grea t Ha l l

had not been b o o k e d .

T h e meet ing voted

o v e r w h e l m i n g l y to suppo r t

the A U T s t r ike and

reques ted s tuden ts not to

at tend lec tures on

W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g . Fu l l

deta i ls a p p e a r e d in a

spec ia l s t r ike i ssue of

F E L I X on W e d n e s d a y .

Ear l ie r in the mee t ing ,

P res iden t C a r l B u r g e s s was

repeated ly q u e s t i o n e d

abou t the p r o p o s e d move

of the F E L I X O f f i ce to the

k i t chen beh ind the L o u n g e .

He made it c lea r that he

was sympa the t i c to the

latest in a long l ine of J o h n

S m i t h imsp i red s c h e m e s to

take over U n i o n C o n t r o l l e d

areas.

Severa l c h a n g e s to the

U n i o n B y - L a w s were

a p p r o v e d . T h r e e re lated to

the c rea t ion of a post of

W o m e n ' s Of f i ce r and

set t ing up a Ba r C o m m i t t e e

to oversee the m a n a g i n g of

the newly U n i o n - c o n t r o l l e d

Bar .

F o l l o w i n g the A U T

Deba te the s e c o n d part of

Tay lo r ' s a c a d e m i c affairs

mo t i on was p a s s e d . T h i s

m e a n s that the U n i o n has

c o m p r e h e n s i v e po l i ces on

the i ssue that affect it's

m e m b e r s eve ryday life.

T h e meet ing then m o v e d

on to d i s c u s s whe ther the

U n i o n S n a c k Ba r s h o u l d

serve N i c a r a g u a n cof fee.

P r o p o s e r Pete H o b b i s sa id

that the m o n e y ra ised by

the sa le of the cof fee w o u l d

go to help pay for

e d u c a t i o n , w h i c h was bad ly

af fected by the c iv i l war

a n d the U S e m b a r g o on

trade. T h e cof fee was on l y

a little more expens i ve than

that the S n a c k Ba r

cur ren t ly u s e d , a m o u n t i n g

to on ly o n e penny per c u p .

Depu ty P res iden t Dave

K i n g s t o n o p p o s e d the

mo t i on , s a y i n g that

d e c i s i o n s a f fec t ing the

m a n a g e m e n t of U n i o n

T r a d i n g act iv i t ies s h o u l d

not be made by U G M s ,

even if the in tent ion was to

suppo r t a g o o d c a u s e . T h e

mo t i on was then a m e n d e d

to f rom a request to sel l the

cof fee, but M r K i n g s t o n

was sti l l o p p o s e d to it.

Howeve r , on the vote the

mot ion rece ived a

subs tan t ia l major i ty .

ss

In an opera t i on invo lv ing

half a d o z e n veh ic les at

1.30 on W e d n e s d a y

a f te rnoon loca l po l i ce and

uni ts f rom the D i p l o m a t i c

P ro tec t i on B r a n c h ( D P B S )

gave c h a s e to two burg la ry

s u s p e c t s dr iv ing a bu i lde rs

van . T h e s u s p e c t s were

a lso p u r s u e d by a m e m b e r

of the pub l i c in a B M W 316

w h o had in ter rupted thei r

a t tempt to c o m m i t a

burg la ry in P a d d i n g t o n .

T h e B M W p a u s e d on

P r i n c e C o n s o r t R o a d to

take on board a po l i ce man

before r e s u m i n g c h a s e .

T h e D i p l o m a t i c

P ro tec t i on B r a n c h b e c a m e

invo lved w h e n D P B of f icer

P o l i c e C o n s t a b l e Fu l ler , on

duty ou ts ide the Iraqi

e m b a s s y , s igh ted the

burg la r ' s van s p e e d i n g

d o w n Q u e e n ' s G a t e on the

w r o n g s ide of the road .

T h e c h a s e e n d e d w h e n

the men a b a n d o n e d thei r

veh i c l e in P a l a c e Ga te .

Du r i n g the c h a s e the

D i p l o m a t i c P ro tec t i on

B r a n c h and loca l po l i ce

d i s c o v e r e d that their rad io

e q u i p m e n t w o u l d not let

them c o m m u n i c a t e d i rec t ly

a n d were f o r ced to relay al l

m e s s a g e s v ia two

p o l i c e m e n s tand ing in the

street, o n e e q u i p p e d wi th a

D P B i ssue rad io a n d

ano the r wi th the no rma l

var iety.

TFou r s tuden ts yes te rday

went into the U n i o n S n a c k

bar a n d ate a s l a p - u p mea l

at a cand le l i t tab le served

by a wai ter . T h e d iners ,

be l ieved to be m e m b e r s of

Q T , c o m m e n t e d on the

h igh qua l i ty of se rv ice

' C h e z N o r m a n ' .

s r

Studen t s l iv ing in head

t e n a n c i e s wi l l not rece ive

the bil l for gas and

e lec t r ic i ty used in the first

term unti l the end of

J a n u a r y . T h i s is b e c a u s e of

a fault in the sof tware of

the S tuden t S e r v i c e s

compu te r . F i n a n c e

Ass i s tan t Dave Par ry

r e c o m e n d e d s tuden ts to

put at least £30 as ide to

cove r the bi l l .


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